The OECD and European Welfare States

Armingeon, Klaus; Beyeler, Michelle

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“…We test three different dependent variables: First, overall social security spending as a percentage of GDP taken from Armingeon et al (2004), which is the standard indicator for a country's effort in social protection. It will allow us to draw conclusions on the volume-effect of government partisanship and exogenous shocks.…”

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“…Contrary to existing empirical contributions focusing on the role of political institutions, we investigate the joint effect of economic shocks and political partisanship on the features of modern welfare states. Welfare state reactions are captured through three different dependent variables: the first one is total social security expenditure as a percentage of GDP (Armingeon et al, 2004); the second and third ones are the net replacement rates of sickness and unemployment insurance programs proposed by Allan and Scruggs (2004). Social security expenditure is a standard indicator of an individual country's generosity in social protection and allows us to account for the effect of partisanship and shocks on the size of the welfare effort.…”

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Welfare-State Retrenchment: The Partisan Effect Revisited

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Gatti

Schumacher

2006

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

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Donatella GattiUniversity of Lyon 2, PSE, CEPREMAP and IZA Jan SchumacherJohannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz February 2006Abstract This paper aims to shed light on the role of the 'ideology' of political parties in shaping the evolution of the welfare state in 18 developed democracies, by providing empirical findings on the determinants of social programs entitlements and social spending over the period [1981][1982][1983][1984][1985][1986][1987][1988][1989][1990][1991][1992][1993][1994][1995][1996][1997][1998][1999]. The paper shows that structural change is a major determinant of the extent of social protection. Our results suggest that overall spending is driven up by structural change. On the other hand, strong structural change has a negative influence on welfare entitlements measured by net replacement rates of sickness insurance or unemployment benefits. Partisan influence plays an important role in the dynamics of the welfare state. Left-wing governments strengthen the positive * We would like to thank Andrew Clark, Pierre Pestiau, Claudia Senik, Thierry Verdier and other participants in the Journée Jourdan for their comments and suggestions. The usual disclaimer applies.† Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques, Unité Mixte de Recherche, CNRS -EHESS -ENPC -ENS 1 effect of shocks on aggregate social expenditure while right-wing governments undertake even stronger cutbacks in replacement rates as a reaction to structural change.

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Welfare-State Retrenchment: The Partisan Effect Revisited

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2006

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“…The Armingeon and Beyeler (2004) volume examines the impact of the OECD country reports on the social policies of its Western European members. Armingeon concludes that the OECD's advice enjoyed 'low efficacity'.…”

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Standardizing and disseminating knowledge: the role of the OECD in global governance

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McBride

2009

Eur. Pol. Sci. Rev.

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If ‘knowledge is power’, it is unsurprising that the production, legitimation, and application of social scientific knowledge, not least that which was designed to harness social organization to economic growth, is a potentially contentious process. Coping with, adapting to, or attempting to shape globalization has emerged as a central concern of policy-makers who are, therefore, interested in knowledge to assist their managerial activities. Thus, an organization that can create, synthesize, legitimate, and disseminate useful knowledge can play a significant role in the emerging global governance system. The OECD operates as one important site for the construction, standardization, and dissemination of transnational policy ideas. OECD staff conducts research and produces a range of background studies and reports, drawing on disciplinary knowledge (typically economics) supplemented by their ‘organizational discourses’. This paper probes the contested nature of knowledge production and attempts to evaluate the impact of the OECD’s efforts to produce globally applicable policy advice. Particular attention is paid to important initiatives in the labour market and social policy fields – the Jobs Study and Babies and Bosses.

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“…18 Similar arguments have been made for the OECD 19 although recent research casts doubts on this organisation's effectiveness in influencing national policies. 20 Yet whatever effects we observe, they need not be the reason for the choice of a certain instrument. As the next parts of this article seek to show, governments relied on soft law to overcome their disagreements in very different contexts.…”

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Resolving Deadlock: Why International Organisations Introduce Soft Law

Schäfer¹

2006

Eur Law J

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The OECD and European Welfare States

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Welfare-State Retrenchment: The Partisan Effect Revisited

Standardizing and disseminating knowledge: the role of the OECD in global governance

Resolving Deadlock: Why International Organisations Introduce Soft Law

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