IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/wly/intssr/v62y2009i1p91-115.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

A framework for comparing social protection in developing and developed countries: The example of child benefits

Author

Listed:
  • Ingrid Esser
  • Tommy Ferrarini
  • Kenneth Nelson
  • Ola Sjöberg

Abstract

The article outlines a conceptual and theoretical framework for improved comparative analysis of publicly provided social protection in developing countries, drawing on the research tradition of the study of longstanding welfare democracies. An important element of the proposed institutional approach is the establishment of comparable qualitative and quantitative indicators for social protection. The empirical example of child benefits indicates that differences between developed and developing countries should not be exaggerated, and that the prevalence of child benefits in sub‐Saharan African and Latin American countries today resembles the inter‐war period (1919‐1938) situation in developed regions.

Suggested Citation

  • Ingrid Esser & Tommy Ferrarini & Kenneth Nelson & Ola Sjöberg, 2009. "A framework for comparing social protection in developing and developed countries: The example of child benefits," International Social Security Review, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 62(1), pages 91-115, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:intssr:v:62:y:2009:i:1:p:91-115
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-246X.2008.01323.x
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-246X.2008.01323.x
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/j.1468-246X.2008.01323.x?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Almudena Moreno Mínguez, 2012. "Gender, family and care provision in developing countries:Towards gender equality," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 12(4), pages 275-300, October.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wly:intssr:v:62:y:2009:i:1:p:91-115. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://doi.org/10.1111/(ISSN)1865-1674 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.