Securing Pension Provision

Blair, Catherine

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“…In the literature on pension reforms in Europe, it is stated that the trend towards individual responsibility and marketisation has led to a convergence of social rights in welfare states, in general, and in old-age security systems, in particular (Blair 2014: 13–14; Hinrichs 2006; Schroeder, Futh and Jantz 2015). In analysing the differences between welfare states to see whether they converge, the main point of reference is the ‘welfare regime approach’ of Esping-Andersen (1990; see also Ferragina and Seeleib-Kaiser 2011) and its further development, which also serves as a point of reference for our case selection.…”

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What about family in European old-age security systems? The complexity of institutional individualisation

Frericks

Höppner

2016

Ageing and Society

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European welfare states used to be based on the principle of the family. Since the s, however, 'individual responsibility' has been promoted, which fundamentally alters the traditional welfare-institutional framing of the family and the corresponding construction of the social citizen. One policy field that has been heavily influenced by this development is old-age security. The literature assumes a convergence towards institutional individualisation. We show this however to be incorrect. We empirically analyse and classify welfare-institutional change in old-age security with regard to individualisation. An innovative methodological approach for institutional analysis allows a nuanced identification of the welfare-institutional trends towards individualisation of the social citizen above pension age both within and between welfare states. We conclude that there has been no general and no partial convergence towards individualisation. Instead, on average, family elements in old-age security have either increased or persisted. Also, our analysis suggests that welfare-institutional change with regard to family is far from being a linear process and in part even displays contradictions.

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confidence: 99%