2013
DOI: 10.3167/ijsq.2013.030204
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Welfare Systems in Europe and the United States: Conservative Germany Converging toward the Liberal US Model?

Abstract: This article demonstrates how the Conservative system of social protection in Germany has been converging toward the Liberal American model during the past two decades, focusing on social protection for the unemployed and pensioners. In addition to public/statutory provisions, occupational welfare is also covered. Despite an overall process of convergence, we continue to witness stark dissimilarities in the arrangements for social protection outsiders: whereas Germany continues to constitutionally guarantee a … Show more

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“…The results are of particular relevance considering a recent shift of the German pension system towards a more liberal model (Seeleib-Kaiser, 2013). When this more liberal pension system 'hits' cohorts that still have strongly gendered life courses we are likely to observe a resurgence of gender inequality in old age pensions in Germany.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 82%
“…The results are of particular relevance considering a recent shift of the German pension system towards a more liberal model (Seeleib-Kaiser, 2013). When this more liberal pension system 'hits' cohorts that still have strongly gendered life courses we are likely to observe a resurgence of gender inequality in old age pensions in Germany.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 82%
“…A possible consequence of increasing occupational welfare could also be increased dualization in the access to social and welfare benefits (Seeleib‐Kaiser, ). This since it has been argued that occupational welfare in principle could be a way of compensating for welfare retrenchment (Trampusch, ), or that the labor divisions of occupational welfare also imply that “social provision against labor market risks came to stratify rather than reduce social inequalities” (Nijhuis, , p. 66).…”
Section: Dualizationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As fiscal austerity has come to dominate public policy debates, quasi-public financial institutions have taken over tasks of advancing social policy goals, such as increasing homeownership for low-income households and facilitating higher education access through loans. Against this background, the role of finance in welfare state research must receive greater attention, particularly if the latter wants to investigate common paths and divergent outcomes in the distribution of private and collective risks (Seeleib-Kaiser, 2013). This is even more true for research within the varieties of capitalism framework, which has been debated not only for omitting substantial issues around finance or housing that are at the heart of political economies (e.g.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%