Late-career risks in changing welfare states : comparing Germany and the United States since the 1980s / Jan Paul Heisig.

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Heisig, Jan Paul [author.]

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TextSeries: Changing welfare statesPublisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2015]Description: 1 online resource (335 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9789048523658
9048523656

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Summary: Motivated by debates about welfare state retrenchment and growing economic insecurity, the author provides an in-depth account of national differences in key social programmes and of crucial changes since the 1980s. To better understand their impact on the lives of ordinary citizens, he examines household panel data to assess financial consequences of late-career job loss and retirement in the two countries.

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Motivated by debates about welfare state retrenchment and growing economic insecurity, the author provides an in-depth account of national differences in key social programmes and of crucial changes since the 1980s. To better understand their impact on the lives of ordinary citizens, he examines household panel data to assess financial consequences of late-career job loss and retirement in the two countries.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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