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Gone with the Crisis? Welfare State Change in Europe Before and Since the 2008 Crisis

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  • Luis Buendía

    (Universidad de León)

  • Pedro José Gómez Serrano

    (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

  • Ricardo Molero-Simarro

    (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

Abstract

The economic crisis has undoubtedly impacted welfare states through the austerity policies prioritised to purportedly lead economies back to a growth path. In this paper, we assess the effects of the crisis in those welfare states, focusing on income benefits and analysing cases of welfare state change before the crisis via gross replacement rates available through the OECD tax/benefits database. We begin with a literature review on impacts of the crisis on welfare states, then focus on our hypothesis that retrenchment trends were already in motion before the crisis. From our point of view, this is relevant to understanding the evolution of welfare states since 2001, particularly those effects attributable to the crisis (versus those that are not); this may also be of help in the prediction of future trends.

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  • Luis Buendía & Pedro José Gómez Serrano & Ricardo Molero-Simarro, 2020. "Gone with the Crisis? Welfare State Change in Europe Before and Since the 2008 Crisis," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 150(1), pages 243-264, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:150:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1007_s11205-020-02286-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s11205-020-02286-y
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