Protecting the elderly and children in times of crisis: An analysis based on National Transfer Accounts

The welfare state has been shown to be a powerful, effective mechanism in the fight against poverty and social exclusion. Yet, it retains a surprising bias towards the elderly, as identified in more than one strand of the social sciences literature. We construct the National Transfer Accounts (NTA)...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Solé Juvés, Meritxell, Souto Nieves, Guadalupe, Rentería, Elisenda, Papadomichelakis, Giorgos, Patxot, Concepció
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/175826
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/175826
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Crisis econòmiques
Generacions
Estat del benestar
Depressions
Generations
Welfare state
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Sumario:The welfare state has been shown to be a powerful, effective mechanism in the fight against poverty and social exclusion. Yet, it retains a surprising bias towards the elderly, as identified in more than one strand of the social sciences literature. We construct the National Transfer Accounts (NTA) for Spain before and after the Great Recession to determine how this bias might have shifted during the crisis (...)