The Individual and the Welfare State [electronic resource] : Life Histories in Europe / edited by Axel Börsch-Supan, Martina Brandt, Karsten Hank, Mathis Schröder.

Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9783642174728
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/6779
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2011.
Yayın Bilgisi
Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Fiziksel Niteleme
XX, 285 p. 129 illus. in color. online resource.
Özet, vb.
Our health, our income and our social networks at older ages are the consequence of what has happened to us over the course of our lives. The situation at age 50+ reflects our own decisions as well as many environmental factors, especially interventions by the welfare state such as education policies, access to health care and many types of social protection from poverty relief to housing subsidies and maternity support. This book explores the richness of 28,000 life histories in thirteen European countries – ranging from Scandinavia to Central and Eastern Europe to the Mediterranean – collected as part of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). Combining these data with a comprehensive account of European welfare state interventions provides a unique opportunity to answer the important public policy questions of our time – how the welfare state affects people’s incomes, housing, families, retirement, volunteering and health. The overarching theme of the welfare state creates a book of genuinely interdisciplinary analyses, a valuable resource for economists, gerontologists, historians, political scientists, public health analysts, and sociologists alike.
Konu
Aging.
Population __ Economic aspects.
Social policy.
Labor economics.
Geriatrics.
Public health.
Ageing.
Population Economics.
Social Policy.
Labor Economics.
Geriatrics.
Public Health.