Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/95450 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
LIS Working Paper Series No. 501
Publisher: 
Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), Luxembourg
Abstract: 
This paper addresses the question of the institutional flexibility of three major European welfare states. Using Data from the second and fifth wave of the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), we measure first how effectively the German, British and Italian welfare state have responded changes in their country-specific poverty risks profile. Further, we apply a macro-simulation to evaluate the performance of the three welfare states in terms of poverty reduction. We find that the social policy institutions of Germany and Britain are more able to deal successfully with changing age and household structures as the Italian welfare state.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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