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Social security and dependence
Author(s) -
Piachaud David
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international social security review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.349
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1468-246X
pISSN - 0020-871X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-246x.1997.tb01057.x
Subject(s) - social security , unemployment , economic security , sociology , public economics , economics , economic growth , market economy
There is increasing concern that social security creates dependence. The contingencies of most interest are unemployment, lone parenthood and disability. The relationships between each of these contingencies and the level of social security benefits are analysed cross‐nationally; in no case is there a systematic relationship. The paper then examines other factors that determine dependence on social security.