内容

目次

Part A. Income Inequality and Poverty in Britain and Europe: 1. What ishappening to the distribution of income in the UK?; 2. Incomedistribution in European countries with L. Rainwater and T. Smeeding;3. Poverty statistics and progress in Europe; 4. Comparing povertyrates internationally: recent studies in OECD countries; 5. Two nationsin early retirement? The case of Britain with H. Sutherland; Part B.Analysis of the Welfare State: 6. Is the Welfare State necessarily abarrier to economic growth?; 7. A national minimum? A history ofambiguity in the determination of benefit scales in Britain; 8. Thedevelopment of state pensions in the United Kingdom; 9. Incomemaintenance for the unemployed in Britain and the response to highunemployment; 10. Institutional features of unemployment insurance andthe working of the labour market; 11. Social insurance; Part C.Targeting and the Future of Social Security Policy: 12. On targetingand family benefits; 13. The Western experience with social safetynets; 14. Towards a European safety net? 15. Beveridge, the nationalminimum and its future in a European context; 16. State pensions fortoday and tomorrow; Bibliography.