The Growing Role of Private Social Benefits

Adema, Willem; Einerhand, Marcel

doi:10.1787/804013113766

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“…In the United States one half of the civilian labor force participates in private employment-based pension plans, which receive favorable tax treatment. Although the public sector finances usually more than 90% of the costs of social benefits, since 1985 there has been a noticeable increase in private spending as a proportion of the gross social expenditures in many OECD countries (Adema and Einerhand, 1998). The US has experienced the largest increase in voluntary private financing, which climbed from just below 6% of social expenditures in 1985 to 10% in 2009.…”

Section: Promoting Private Financingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Welfare Trends in Western Societies: privatisation and the challenge to Social Work

Gilbert¹

2015

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The paper analyses several key features of the changing landscape of modern welfare states, the major the social forces driving this change, and how change is pertinent to the future of social work practice. The social forces driving change include structural factors such as the demographic transition and globalisation of the economy, as well as sociopolitical variables that involve an understanding of the unanticipated effects of social policies and the increased value attributed to the private sector. The central characteristics of change include a shift in policies away from the protection of labor and toward the promotion of work and the increasing use of the private sector for the production and delivery of social services. The privatisation of social welfare and its implications for social work practice are examined in the light of the challenges in negotiating service contracts.KEYWORDS: privatisation; welfare state; unit-cost analysis; enabling state; contracting; social expenditures. RESUMEN:Este artículo analiza varios aspectos claves de la evolución del panorama de los estados de bienestar modernos, las principales fuerzas sociales que impulsan este cambio, y cómo el cambio es pertinente para el futuro de la práctica del Trabajo Social. Las fuerzas sociales que impulsan el cambio son factores estructurales tales como la transición demográfica y la globalización de la economía, así como variables socio-políticas que implican una comprensión de los efectos no previstos de las políticas sociales y el aumento del valor atribuido al sector privado. Las características centrales del cambio incluyen una modificación de las políticas, que se desplazan desde la protección del trabajo hacia la promoción del trabajo, y el uso cada vez mayor del sector privado en la producción y prestación de servicios sociales. La privatización de la seguridad social y sus implicaciones para la práctica del trabajo social se examinan a la luz de los retos en la negociación de la contratación de servicios.PALABRAS CLAVE: privatización; estado de bienestar; análisis de costes unitarios; estado capacitador; contratación; gasto social.

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Section: Promoting Private Financingmentioning

confidence: 99%