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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816776903321

Autore

Mai Verena Maria

Titolo

Capacity of welfare regimes to absorb macro-economic shocks : national differences in the development of unemployment, poverty and the distribution of income in the aftermath of the financial crisis 2008 / / Verena Maria Mai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hamburg, Germany : , : Anchor Academic Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

3-95489-650-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (54 p.)

Collana

Compact

Disciplina

330.943

Soggetti

Financial crises - Germany

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The capacity of welfare regimes to absorb macro-economic shocks; Table of contents; List of Tables and Figures; Figures; 1. Introduction; 2. Challenges for Three European Welfare States: Sweden, Austria and Spain; 2.1. Welfare State Typology; 2.2. A typology of economic crises; 2.3. Impacts of the financial crisis on national budgets (2007 - 2010); 3. Impact of the Crisis on Unemployment, Poverty and Distribution; 3.1. Unemployment: Developments in Sweden, Austria and Spain in comparison; 3.2. Poverty: Developments in Sweden, Austria and Spain in comparison

3.3. Distribution: Developments in Sweden, Austria and Spain in comparison4. Summary and Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix

Sommario/riassunto

The financial crisis, which struck the EU countries in 2008, was followed by the severest economic recession since the end of the Second World War. This book illustrates the development of unemployment, poverty and the distribution of income within the social systems of Sweden, Austria and Spain in the aftermath of the financial crisis 2008. Whether one country has been more effective in cushioning the negative impacts of the economic downturn and whether variations in the development of these socio-political indicators are attributable



to the different welfare state models, are central to thi