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Welfare for the Unemployed in Britain and Germany - Who Benefits? (Hardcover)
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Welfare for the Unemployed in Britain and Germany - Who Benefits? (Hardcover)
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In recent decades, the problem of unemployment has generated fierce
political and academic discussion on how national governments
should address this issue. This book sheds light on a key debate in
unemployment policy - that of whether unemployment benefits should
be insurance-based or means-tested. It carefully compares the
impact of the British and German benefit systems on poverty, the
duration of unemployment and the spread of workless households
during the 1990s. In Germany unemployment is regarded as a risk
which individuals insure themselves against through the state,
whereas in Britain compensation for the unemployed is allocated
primarily through means-tested benefits paid for from tax revenue.
These contrasting welfare scenarios make this study of the
differences in welfare provision and the effect on the lives of the
unemployed especially valuable. The author combines an in-depth
study of unemployment policies with extensive statistical analysis,
to examine the experience over time of unemployed individuals and
the households in which they live. In particular, she focuses on
the important interactions between the state, labour markets and
household structures. This book presents a large amount of new
empirical material and employs an innovative methodology by
applying event history analysis to social policy questions.
Academics and policymakers working in the fields of unemployment,
comparative welfare analysis and labour market sociology will
welcome this rigorous and highly rewarding volume.
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