- Additional Authors
- Einerhand, Marcel.
- Description
- 59 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.
- Summary
- This paper contains a first analysis of trends in private social benefits within a comparative framework. There is growing interest in the role of the private sector in the provision of social support in the light of concerns about the high level of public social spending. However, up to now, methodological and measurement problems have hampered the collection of cross-country data on private social benefits.The paper develops an appropriate methodological framework for treating this issue. It presents data on private social benefits for six countries for which such data are currently available: Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.Information on trends in public and private social expenditure is drawn together and the pape discusses in more detail spending patterns in two social policy areas where private provision plays an important role: pensions and health.Finally, the impact of the tax system is analysed, and for one year ...
- Series Statement
- OECD Labour Market and Social Policy Occasional Papers, 1815-1981 ; no.32
- Uniform Title
- OECD Labour Market and Social Policy Occasional Papers, no.32.
- Subject
- Social Issues/Migration/Health
- LCCN
- 10.1787/804013113766
- OCLC
- oecd-lib-001471
- Author
Adema, Willem.
- Title
The Growing Role of Private Social Benefits [electronic resource] / Willem Adema and Marcel Einerhand
- Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 1998.
- Series
OECD Labour Market and Social Policy Occasional Papers, 1815-1981 ; no.32
OECD Labour Market and Social Policy Occasional Papers, 1815-1981 ; no.32.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Social Issues/Migration/Health
- Added Author
Einerhand, Marcel.
- Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/804013113766 doi