International Social Security Review

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Volume 66, issue 3-4, 2013

Foreword pp. 1-1

Hans‐Horst Konkolewsky

The role of national social protection floors in extending social security to all pp. 3-19

Krzysztof Hagemejer and Roddy McKinnon

The Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202): Can a six‐page document change the course of social history? pp. 21-43

Michael Cichon

The social protection floor and global social governance: Towards policy synergy and cooperation between international organizations pp. 45-67

Bob Deacon

Civil society and the social protection floor pp. 69-86

Wouter van Ginneken

The Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202): Completing the standards to close the coverage gap pp. 87-109

Ursula Kulke and Emmanuelle Saint‐Pierre Guilbault

Financing social protection floors: Considerations of fiscal space pp. 111-143

Elliott Harris

Revisiting policies to achieve progress towards universal health coverage in low‐income countries: Realizing the pay‐offs of national social protection floors pp. 145-170

Xenia Scheil‐Adlung

A multivariable definition of adequacy: Challenges and opportunities pp. 171-191

Simon Brimblecombe

The people's pension: The struggle to defend social security since Reagan – By Eric Laursen pp. 201-203

Elaine Fultz

Democracy and the Left: Social policy and inequality in Latin America – By Evelyne Huber and John D. Stephens pp. 205-208

Wendy Hunter

Volume 66, issue 2, 2013

Global pension systems and their reform: Worldwide drivers, trends and challenges pp. 1-29

Robert Holzmann

Actuarial balance sheets as a tool to assess the sustainability of social security pension systems pp. 31-52

Assia Billig and Jean‐Claude Ménard

Benefit dependency: The pros and cons of using “caseload” data for national and international comparisons pp. 53-78

Johan De Deken and Jochen Clasen

Extending pension and savings scheme coverage to the informal sector: Kenya's Mbao Pension Plan pp. 79-99

Rose Musonye Kwena and John A. Turner

Retirement and health benefits for Mexican migrant workers returning from the United States pp. 101-125

Emma Aguila and Julie Zissimopoulos

Towards a social investment welfare state? Ideas, policies and challenges – Edited by Nathalie Morel, Bruno Palier and Joakim Palme pp. 127-130

Hedva Sarfati

The varieties of pension governance – Pension privatization in Europe – Edited by Bernhard Ebbinghaus pp. 131-133

Hedva Sarfati

Volume 66, issue 1, 2013

The Achilles' heel of scale service design in social security administration: The case of the United Kingdom's Universal Credit pp. 1-23

John Seddon and Brendan O'Donovan

Gaps in social protection for health care and long‐term care in Europe: Are the elderly faced with financial ruin? pp. 25-48

Xenia Scheil‐Adlung and Jacopo Bonan

Old‐age protection for women in the Spanish pension system pp. 49-70

Concha Salvador Cifre

Alternative care options and policy choices to support orphans: The case of Mozambique in the context of the SADC pp. 71-95

Tomoko Shibuya and Viviene Taylor

The health care system of the People's Republic of China: Between privatization and public health care pp. 97-116

Dongmei Liu and Barbara Darimont

Regulating the risk of unemployment: National adaptations to post‐industrial labour markets in Europe – Edited by Jochen Clasen and Daniel Clegg pp. 117-120

Hedva Sarfati

Unemployment benefit systems in Europe and North America: Reforms and crisis – Edited by Florence Lefresne pp. 121-123

Hedva Sarfati

Volume 65, issue 4, 2012

Foreword pp. 1-1

Hans‐Horst Konkolewsky

Social security and prevention pp. 3-8

Adrian Sinfield

Work‐related social protection for informal workers pp. 9-30

Francie Lund

The challenges of assessing and providing compensation for mental stress under Nigeria's 2010 Employee's Compensation Act pp. 31-50

Olayinka Atilola

Social protection and preventing illness in developing countries: Establishing the health effects of pensions and health insurance pp. 51-68

Peter Lloyd‐Sherlock, Nadia Minicuci, John Beard and Somnath Chatterji

Social protection to achieve sustainable inclusion: A European imperative in the current economic crisis pp. 69-88

Chantal Euzéby

Strengthening the prevention of social insecurity pp. 89-106

Adrian Sinfield

Social protection floor for a fair and inclusive globalization ‒ By Bachelet Michelle pp. 107-111

José Antonio Ocampo

Mass unemployment and the state ‒ By Lindvall Johannes pp. 113-116

Hedva Sarfati

Volume 65, issue 3, 2012

The retrenchment of second‐tier pensions in Hungary and Poland: A precautionary tale pp. 1-25

Elaine Fultz

The redistributive effect of social transfer programmes and taxes: A decomposition across countries pp. 27-48

Chen Wang, Koen Caminada and Kees Goudswaard

Disability insurance risks: The Argentinian case pp. 49-75

Matias Belliard, Carlos Grushka and Marcelo De Biase

The RSA (Revenu de solidarité active) and back‐to‐work incentives in France pp. 77-100

Denis Anne and Yannick L'Horty

The decline of substitute pathways into retirement: Empirical evidence from the Dutch health care sector pp. 101-122

Rob Euwals, Annemiek van Vuren and Daniel van Vuuren

Converging worlds of welfare? British and German social policy in the 21st Century – Edited by Jochen Clasen pp. 123-125

Nick Ellison

Volume 65, issue 2, 2012

Individual information for pension contributors: Recommendations for Spain based on international experience pp. 1-27

Marta Regúlez‐Castillo and Carlos Vidal‐Meliá

Extending coverage under the Argentinian pension system: Distribution of access and prospects for universal coverage pp. 29-49

Camila Arza

Divergence in the development of public health insurance in Japan and the Republic of Korea: A multiple‐payer versus a single‐payer system pp. 51-73

Hyoung‐Sun Jeong and Ryu Niki

Implicit debt in public‐sector pension plans: An international comparison pp. 75-101

Eduard Ponds, Clara Severinson and Juan Yermo

A disarmingly simple idea? Practical bottlenecks in the implementation of a universal basic income pp. 103-121

Jurgen De Wispelaere and Lindsay Stirton

Priority challenges in pension administration – By Noriyuki Takayama pp. 123-126

Elaine Fultz

Migration and social protection: Claiming social rights beyond borders – Edited by Rachel Sabates‐Wheeler; Rayah Feldman pp. 127-129

Katja Hujo

Volume 65, issue 1, 2012

The performance of social security contributory and tax‐financed pensions in Central America, and the effects of the global crisis pp. 1-27

Carmelo Mesa‐Lago

Health insurance system financing reforms in the Netherlands, Germany and France: Repercussions for coverage and redistribution? pp. 29-51

Pascale Turquet

Semi‐conditional cash transfers in the form of family allowances for children and adolescents in the informal economy in Argentina pp. 53-72

Fabio Bertranou and Roxana Maurizio

Testing old theories in new surroundings: The timing of first social security laws in Africa pp. 73-97

Olli E. Kangas

The effectiveness of Luxembourg's minimum guaranteed income pp. 99-116

Fofo Amétépé

Decent pensions for nurses – By Hedva Sarfati pp. 117-120

Elaine Fultz

The Precariat: The new dangerous class – By Guy Standing pp. 121-124

Ian Orton

Health financing in the developing world: Supporting countries' search for viable systems – By Guy Carrin pp. 125-125

Roddy McKinnon