Investigating Welfare State Change: The 'dependent Variable Problem' in Comparative AnalysisJochen Clasen, Nico A. Siegel Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007 - 329 Seiten Contemporary accounts of welfare state change have produced conflicting findings and incompatible theoretical explanations. By discussing the most salient aspects of the 'dependent variable problem', this work offers suggestions as to how the prob |
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theoretical conceptualization and the dependent variable problem in the study of welfare reform | 13 |
the welfare state as a dependent variable in policy analysis | 24 |
social expenditure revisited | 41 |
the pros and cons of expenditure analysis | 43 |
the problems of using aggregate spending data for assessing welfare state dynamics | 72 |
a comparative study of 18 OECD countries 19602000 | 106 |
welfare state generosity social rights and obligations | 131 |
measuring change within welfare states | 166 |
measuring welfare state change with fuzzyset methodology | 198 |
PART IV Capturing the nature of welfare state change | 215 |
convergence of what? | 217 |
conceptualizing and measuring defamilization | 244 |
beyond path dependency? | 261 |
References | 281 |
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Adema analysis Bonoli Castles catch-up chapter Clasen coefficient comparative welfare concept context contribution convergence coverage cross-national data sets de-familization decommodification Denmark dependent variable problem dimensions diture dynamics economic empirical Esping-Andersen ESSPROS European Commission European Union Eurostat example expenditure data factors fuzzy sets generosity Germany Green-Pedersen income increase indicators institutional Ireland Kittel labour market mandatory private measures ment Netherlands Nordic countries ns ns ns occupational pension OECD OECD countries old-age outcomes path dependency pension expenditure pension schemes pension system percentage of GDP period perspective pillar political public pension replacement rates retrenchment scores sickness social assistance social citizenship social expenditure social insurance social policy social rights social security social spending social-democratic SOCX statistical structural studies Sweden Swedish pension Table total social expenditure unem unemployed unemployment benefit unemployment insurance voluntary private wage welfare effort welfare state change welfare state reform welfare state research
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