International Social Security Review

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Volume 62, issue 4, 2009

Foreword pp. 1-1

Hans‐Horst Konkolewsky

Learning across borders: Labour market and social policies pp. 3-20

Bernard H. Casey

Cross‐national policy learning in health system reform: The case of Diagnosis Related Groups pp. 21-40

Achim Schmid and Ralf Götze

Sickness and disability benefit programmes: What is driving policy convergence? pp. 41-61

Christopher Prinz and William Tompson

Policy learning and cross‐national diffusion in social long‐term care insurance: Germany, Japan, and the Republic of Korea pp. 63-80

John Creighton Campbell, Naoki Ikegami and Soonman Kwon

Social pensions and policy learning: The case of southern Africa pp. 81-102

Bernard H. Casey and Roddy McKinnon

Policy learning and social protection: What have we learnt? pp. 103-106

Bernard H. Casey

Volume 62, issue 3, 2009

Political risk and pension privatization: The case of Argentina (1994‐2008) pp. 1-21

Stephen J. Kay

Voluntary affiliation to Peru's individual accounts pension system pp. 23-48

Carmen A. Li and Javier Olivera

Health care insurance in Japan: Beyond a binary vision of State and family pp. 49-77

Kusuto Naïto

Risk management in a globalizing world: An empirical analysis of individual preferences in 26 European countries pp. 79-98

Ferry Koster

Voluntary improvements to social security in Spain: Current legal standards and jurisprudence pp. 99-114

María Dolores García Valverde and Francisco García Valverde

Reforming pensions: Principles and policy choices – By Nicholas Barr; Peter Diamond pp. 115-117

Krzysztof Hagemejer

Volume 62, issue 2, 2009

Pension system reform pp. 1-3

Roddy McKinnon

Reforming pensions: Principles, analytical errors and policy directions pp. 5-29

Nicholas Barr and Peter Diamond

The “X component” in Shanghai's social security reforms pp. 31-54

Gloria Davies, Ingrid Nielsen, Chris Nyland, Russell Smyth, Cherrie Zhu and Judith Zhu

Determining factors leading affiliates to transfer from an individual accounts pension scheme to a pay‐as‐you‐go pension scheme: Evidence from Argentina pp. 55-76

Vanesa D'Elia

The gender impact of National Pension reforms in the Republic of Korea pp. 77-99

Mi‐young An

Pension system generosity and reform in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia pp. 101-120

Mehdi Ben Braham

Reassembling social security: A survey of pensions and healthcare reforms in Latin America – By Carmelo Mesa‐Lago pp. 121-122

Fabio Bertranou

Volume 62, issue 1, 2009

The macroeconomic impact of reforming a PAYG system: The Portuguese case pp. 1-23

Maria Teresa Garcia and Emídio Graça Lopes

Extending health care coverage: Potential linkages between statutory social security and community‐based social protection pp. 25-43

Jens Schremmer, Alain Coheur, Christian Jacquier and Valérie Schmitt‐Diabaté

Lone mothers, workfare and precarious employment: Time for a Canadian Basic Income? pp. 45-63

Martin Evans

The legal construction of the social security system of the Republic of Kosovo pp. 65-89

Ma Lourdes Arastey Sahún and Pilar Rivas Vallejo

A framework for comparing social protection in developing and developed countries: The example of child benefits pp. 91-115

Ingrid Esser, Tommy Ferrarini, Kenneth Nelson and Ola Sjöberg

Volume 61, issue 4, 2008

Notional defined contribution pensions with public reserve funds in ageing economies: An application to Japan pp. 1-23

Bei Lu, Olivia Mitchell and John Piggott

Participation of seniors in the Argentinian labour market: An option value model* pp. 25-49

Marcelo Alós, Ignacio Apella, Carlos Grushka and Marcelo Muiños

(A‐)typical and (in‐)secure? Social protection and “non‐standard” forms of employment in Europe pp. 51-73

Karin Schulze Buschoff and Paula Protsch

Disability benefits and workers with HIV/AIDS: Coverage issues and challenges in the United Republic of Tanzania pp. 75-94

Tulia Ackson

Between labour market and retirement pension — flexible transition as a new paradigm for ageing societies? pp. 95-112

Stephan Bredt

Volume 61, issue 3, 2008

The recent evolution of social security coverage in Brazil pp. 1-28

Graziela Ansiliero and Luís Henrique Paiva

Not‐so‐distant cousins: Family benefits in the United Kingdom and Australia pp. 29-46

Helen Hodgson and Rebecca Boden

Pension reform in China pp. 47-71

Felix Salditt, Peter Whiteford and Willem Adema

The likelihood of a basic income in Germany pp. 73-94

Michael Opielka

The “Papy‐boom”: A historical opportunity for French public hospitals pp. 95-116

Robert Holcman

Volume 61, issue 2, 2008

Editor's message pp. 1-1

Roddy McKinnon

Revisiting the welfare state system in the Republic of Korea pp. 3-19

Yong Soo Park

Making work pay, making tax credits work: An assessment with specific reference to lone‐parent employment pp. 21-38

Jane Millar

Assessing gender inequality in the Turkish pension system pp. 39-58

Adem Elveren

Understanding quality of service in a delayed gratification situation: The case of social security providers in Tanzania pp. 59-79

Kassim Hussein

Giants old and new: Promoting social security and economic growth in the Asia and Pacific Region pp. 81-103

Robert Walker and Sony Pellissery

Volume 61, issue 1, 2008

The compliance challenge: Implications for social security in the People's Republic of China pp. 1-19

Gaby Ramia, Gloria Davies and Chris Nyland

Exporting managed care: Asian experiments pp. 21-39

Daniel Simonet

Singapore's policy responses to ageing, inequality and poverty: An assessment pp. 41-60

Mukul G. Asher and Amarendu Nandy

Designing a social security pension system pp. 61-79

Robert L. Brown

The creation of the ISSA and the ILO pp. 81-98

Cédric Guinand

Volume 60, issue 4, 2007

Health security for the rural poor? A case study of a health insurance scheme for rural farmers and peasants in India pp. 3-21

Sarosh Kuruvilla and Mingwei Liu

The impact of HIV/AIDS on social security contributions: The case of Zimbabwe pp. 23-46

Henry N. Chikova and Camillo F. Chinamasa

Social protection and poverty in Azerbaijan, a low‐income country in transition: Implications of a household survey pp. 47-68

Nazim Habibov and Lida Fan

The decommodified security ratio: A tool for assessing European social protection systems pp. 69-103

Georges Menahem

Notional defined contributions (NDC): Solvency and risk in Spain pp. 105-127

María Del Carmen Boado‐Penas, Inmaculada Domínguez‐Fabiá and Carlos Vidal‐Meliá

Volume 60, issue 2‐3, 2007

Foreword pp. 3-3

Hans‐Horst Konkolewsky

Introduction pp. 5-16

Wouter Van Ginneken and Roddy McKinnon

Social security in a globalizing world pp. 19-37

K. P. Kannan

Extending social security coverage: Concepts, global trends and policy issues pp. 39-57

Wouter Van Ginneken

Commentary: The ISSA in a time of economic growth and after (1960–90) pp. 59-62

Vladimir Rys

The economic consequences of the welfare state pp. 65-81

Isabela Mares

Extending the risk pool for health in developing countries: The challenges of moving to general tax funding pp. 83-97

Cristian C. Baeza and Truman G. Packard

The role of tax‐financed social security pp. 99-117

Armando Barrientos

The Present and future role of ILO standards in realizing the right to social security pp. 119-141

Ursula Kulke

Social security: Do we need a new social contract? pp. 143-146

Dalmer D. Hoskins

Dynamic social security: A framework for directing change and extending coverage pp. 149-168

Roddy McKinnon

Changing the development policy paradigm: Investing in Social security floor for all pp. 169-196

Michael Cichon and Krzysztof Hagemejer

Looking forward to social security for all pp. 197-200

Hans‐Horst Konkolewsky

Volume 60, issue 1, 2007

The extension of healthcare coverage and protection in relation to the labour market: Problems and policies in Latin America pp. 3-31

Carmelo Mesa‐Lago

Universalism versus targeting: The vulnerability of social insurance and means‐tested minimum income protection in 18 countries, 1990‐2002 pp. 33-58

Kenneth Nelson

Tentative evaluation of the impact of public transfers on the dynamics of poverty: The case of Russia pp. 59-80

Matthieu Clément

Social security pensionable ages in OECD countries: 1949‐2035 pp. 81-99

John Turner

Reactions to social security retirement reform proposals in the United States pp. 101-114

Fred W. Becker