Social Policy
Financial Consequences of Widowhood in Europe: Cross-Country and Gender Differences
ENEPRI
This 20-page working paper examines the financial consequences of widowhood in Europe
Social PolicyPosted: 2005-03-17
First Interim Report of NAB Schools First
ACER
This 34-page evaluation of the Australian NAB Schools First Awards provides evidence and examples of how school-community partnerships can nurture, improve and sustain the learning capacities and personal development of children
Education, Social PolicyPosted: 2011-04-14
First Interim Report of NAB Schools First Awards
ACER
This 34-page evaluation of the Australian NAB Schools First Awards provides evidence and examples of how school-community partnerships can nurture, improve and sustain the learning capacities and personal development of children
Education, Social PolicyPosted: 2011-05-22
Fiscal Austerity and Public Investment: Is the Possible the Enemy of the Necessary?
MPI
This 33-page German discussion paper assesses the capacity of governments under conditions of financial austerity to shift financial resources within the shrinking share of discretionary expenditure from old to new purposes
Economic Policy, Social PolicyPosted: 2011-10-08
Flexicurity? Labour Market Performance in Denmark
CESifo
A 37-page working paper examining Denmark's "Flexicurity" model and its impact on employment levels
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2007-11-07
Following in Your Parents' Footsteps? Empirical Analysis of Matched Parent-Offspring Test Scores
IZA
This 28-page discussion paper explores whether an intergenerational relationship exists between the reading and mathematics test scores, taken at age 7, of a cohort of individuals born in 1958 and the equivalent test scores of their offspring measured in 1991
Education, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-02-20
Forming, Developing and Sustaining Social Partnerships
National Centre for Vocational Education Research
This 45-page Australian report considers the principles and practices that build and sustain social partnerships in a range of contexts
Social PolicyPosted: 2005-12-23
Foster Care Adoption in the United States: A State-by-State Analysis of Barriers and Promising Approaches
Urban Institute
This 122-page U.S. report describes the complexities, progress and struggles states are experiencing in trying to move more children into adoption
Families, Children & Youth, Social PolicyPosted: 2004-11-24
Foster Care: Voices from the Inside
Pew Charitable Trusts
This 34-page report highlights the structural factors responsible for "a child welfare system (US) that is overly reliant on foster care" and the human costs resulting from the system
Families, Children & Youth, Social PolicyPosted: 2004-02-23
France's Flames
Independent Institute
An article alleging that France's welfare system is the root cause of recent rioting
Crime, Law & Order, Social PolicyPosted: 2005-12-02
Freedom of Religion and Religious Symbols in the Public Sphere
Library of Parliament - Canada
A 20-page Canadian background paper covering the issues of freedom of religion and religious symbols in the public sphere
Social Policy, Human RightsPosted: 2011-08-08
From Bismarck to Friedman
IEA
A 9-page discussion paper examining the Chilean pension system
Ageing, Social PolicyPosted: 2007-02-10
From Mosaic to Harmony: Multicultural Canada in the 21st Century
PRI
A 27-page report summarizing a series of regional roundtable consultations on the Canadian approach to multicultural diversity
Social PolicyPosted: 2007-12-24
Future Liability: Estimating Time on Benefit and the Associated Cost
Ministry of Social Development - New Zealand
This 49-page New Zealand research aimed to produce indicative estimates of the long-term fiscal costs of a cohort of current benefit recipients, and investigate how this varies with benefit type and age
Social PolicyPosted: 2010-11-04
Gender and Racial Biases: Evidence from Child Adoption
CESifo
This 51-page US working paper uses a new data set on domestic child adoption to document the preferences of potential adoptive parents over born and unborn babies relinquished for adoption by their birth mothers
Families, Children & Youth, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-02-20
Gender Equality and Development
World Bank
This 458-page report argues that gender equality is a core development objective in its own right. Further, that it is also smart economics
International Development, Social PolicyPosted: 2011-10-04
Gender, Time Use and Public Policy Over the Life Cycle
Centre for Economic Policy Research - ANU
This 22-page Australian discussion paper compares gender differences in time allocation to market work, domestic work, child care and leisure in Australia, the U.K. and Germany
Social Policy, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2005-11-17
Generations at War or Sustainable Social Policy in Aging Societies?
Institute for Futures Studies
This 32-page Swedish working paper discusses issues concerning generations, equity and policy in ageing societies
Ageing, Social PolicyPosted: 2005-08-27
Get Training or Wait? Long-Run Effects of Training Programs for the Unemployed in West Germany
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 57-page discussion paper investigating the long-run effects of state-sponsored training programmes for the unemployed
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2006-05-12
Getting On: Well-being in Later Life
IPPR
This 60-page report reviews UK policies for older people and international practice, as well as the priorities of older people in urban versus rural locations. It concludes with recommendations for action, which signal a fresh approach to later life and seek to challenge outdated assumptions
Ageing, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-12-15
Governance and Social Housing: Can Good Governance be Bad Practice?
Swinburne Institute for Social Research
This 7-page paper argues that reforms in the governance (planning and management) of social housing can be used to avoid addressing the real needs, such as larger budgets
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2004-03-03
Governing Diversity: Democratic Solutions in Multicultural Societies
EDG
A 100-page collection of 10 essays discussing how to govern multicultural societies in a democratic manner
Governance & Politics, Social PolicyPosted: 2007-12-23
Government Initiatives to Develop the U.K. Social Economy
Australian Centre for Co-operative Research and Development
A 25-page Australian paper examing the initiatives taken by the U.K. government to develop the "social economy"
Governance & Politics, Social PolicyPosted: 2004-08-21
Government Initiatives to Develop the U.K. Social Economy
Australian Centre for Cooperative Research and Development
A 25-page Australian paper analysing the initiatives of the U.K. government to strengthen the non-profit sector
Social PolicyPosted: 2004-11-10
Government, The Third Sector and the Rise of Social Capital
Centre for Research in Public Sector Management
An Australian paper discussing whether social capital will emerge as a major theme in Australian public policy and, if so, the implications for third sector organisations involved with health, labour market and community services
Governance & Politics, Social PolicyPosted: 2005-11-23
Growing Up in Australia
AIFS
A number of papers focusing on improving support for children and their families that were presented at the Australian LSAC Research Conference in December 2007 (single page linking to each paper)
Families, Children & Youth, Social PolicyPosted: 2008-02-27
Happiness, Economics and Public Policy
IEA
A 60-page UK monograph analyzing the economic research that underlies politicians' growing preoccupation with measures of 'wellbeing'
Social Policy, Economic PolicyPosted: 2007-07-31
Have Welfare-to-Work Programs Improved Over Time In Putting Welfare Recipients To Work?
Institute for Research on Poverty
A 28-page US discussion paper using data from experimental welfare-to-work programs conducted in the United States to investigate whether the impacts of such programs on employment had been improving over time and whether specific program features influencing such changes can be identified
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2010-12-14
Health Shocks and Retirement: The Role of Welfare State Institutions
SFI
A 19-page Danish working paper studying the effect of welfare state interventions on the retirement of elderly male workers following an acute health shock
Social PolicyPosted: 2007-08-10
Healthy Families New York (HFNY)
Rand Corporation
Healthy Families New York (HFNY) is a community-based prevention program that seeks to improve the health and well-being of children at risk for abuse and neglect by providing intensive home visitation services. This report evaluates the programme to date.
Families, Children & Youth, Social PolicyPosted: 2011-02-28
High/Scope Perry Preschool Study Through Age 40: Summary, Conclusions and Frequently Asked Questions
High/Scope Educational Research Foundation
This 21-page study summary reports on the lifetime effects of a group of poor African Americans randomly divided into a group that received a high-quality pre-school program and a group that did not
Social PolicyPosted: 2004-11-25
Higher Education, the Bane of Fertility?
Centre for Economic Policy Research
A 55-page Australian discussion paper analysing the determinants of fertility, focusing on education
Social Policy, EducationPosted: 2006-01-18
Homelessness in Canada: Past, Present, Future
CPRN
This 13-page Canadian paper looks at the evolution of the set of social problems we now call homelessness and the efforts of governments and communities to address them
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-03-19
Homes for All: A Blueprint for Australia
Australian Council of Social Service
This brief document highlights the issues of homelessness, high rents and public housing in Australia and offers a 7-point strategy for the government to adopt.
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2004-01-23
Housing Insecurity and its Link to the Social Inclusion Agenda
AHURI
This 4-page Australian article examines the multi-dimensional nature of housing insecurity
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-05-26
Housing Social Cohesion
AHURI
This 15-page Australian paper examines whether housing policy has a direct relationship with social cohesion
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2007-07-23
Housing Supply and Affordability: Do Affordable Housing Mandates Work?
Reason Public Policy Institute
This 50-page U.S. study investigates the merits of "inclusionary zoning", whereby, to increase the supply of affordable housing, local authorities mandate that developers sell a given percentage of new homes at sub-market prices.
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2004-04-16
Housing, Inequality and the Role of Population Mobility
AHURI
This 72-page Australian study aims to bring the role of population mobility into contemporary academic understandings of socio-spatial polarisation
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-12-17
Housing, Public Policy and Social Inclusion
AHURI
A 42-page Australian positioning paper aiming to make explicit the ways that housing processes ‘perform’ in accentuating or ameliorating social disadvantage
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-09-27
How a Reduction of Standard Working Hours Affects Employment Dynamics
CentER
A 20-page Dutch discussion paper analysing the employment effects of a reduction in standard working hours in Portugal
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2009-07-07
How Canadians' Use of the Internet Affects Social Life and Civic Participation
Statistics Canada
A 29-page Canadian study into the role of the Internet in social engagement and the opportunities it represents for Canadians to be active citizens
Science & Technology, Social PolicyPosted: 2008-12-15
How Changes in Benefits Entitlement Affect Job-Finding: Lessons from the Slovenia "Experiment"
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 48-page discussion paper investigating the effects of reducing the period of unemployment benefit and improving employment services on the exit rate from unemployment in Slovenia
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2004-06-17
How Changes in Financial Incentives Affect the Duration of Unemployment
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 44-page discussion paper studying how changes in the benefit replacement rate and the potential duration of benefits affected the duration of unemployment in Austria
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2004-10-30
How Did the Great Recession Affect Different Types of Workers?
IZA
This 50-page discussion paper examines how different types of workers in 17 middle-income countries were affected by labor market retrenchment during the great recession
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2011-05-19
How do Housing and Housing Assistance Relate to Social Cohesion?
AHURI
A 4-page Australian policy bulletin synthesizing research into the relationship between housing and social cohesion
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2007-12-03
How Do Welfare Sanctions Work?
Institute for Research on Poverty
A 27-page U.S. discussion paper examining the application of non-compliance sanctions in Wisconsin under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) legislation
Poverty & Hunger, Social PolicyPosted: 2004-06-22
How Does EU Enlargement Affect Social Cohesion?
German Institute for Economic Research
A 36-page German working paper examining the consequences of EU enlargement on social cohesion in member countries
European Union, Social PolicyPosted: 2006-07-07
How Does Housing Assistance Affect Employment, Health & Social Cohesion?
AHURI
An 8-page Australian policy bulletin reviewing the evidence base on the well-being outcomes of housing, and identifying key knowledge gaps
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2007-03-12
How Effective are Unemployment Benefit Sanctions? Looking Beyond Unemployment Exit
CentER
This 53-page Dutch discussion paper provides a comprehensive evaluation of benefit sanctions, i.e. temporary reductions in unemployment benefits as punishment for noncompliance with eligibility requirements
Social Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-11-05
How Effective Are Unemployment Benefit Sanctions? Looking Beyond Unemployment Exit
IZA
A 54-page discussion paper providing a comprehensive evaluation of benefit sanctions, i.e. temporary reductions in unemployment benefits as punishment for noncompliance with eligibility requirements
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2009-11-10
How to Help Unemployed Find Jobs More Quickly
IZA
This 37-page discussion paper investigates how a mandatory activation programme in Denmark affects the job-finding rate of unemployed workers
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2006-12-19
How Welfare Reform Worked
Manhattan Institute
This article describes the successes and disappointments of America's welfare reform programme
Social PolicyPosted: 2006-04-17
Human Services Systems Integration: A Conceptual Framework
IRP
This 20-page US discussion paper develops a set of organising principles and constructs for planning a service integration initiative
Social Policy, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2008-01-23
Immigrant Participation in Welfare Benefits in the Netherlands
IZA
This 21-page discussion paper examines the degree of participation in social assistance, disability and unemployment benefits across ethnic groups using register data of the entire population in the Netherlands
Immigration & Refugees, Social PolicyPosted: 2011-12-09
Immigration and the Canadian Welfare State 2011
Fraser Institute
This 62-page publication provides an estimate of the fiscal burden created by recent immigration into Canada and proposes reforms to existing immigrant selection policies to eliminate the burden
Immigration & Refugees, Social PolicyPosted: 2011-05-18
Immigration and Welfare State Cash Benefits: The Danish Case
IZA
This 36-page discussion paper summarizes existing evidence on welfare dependence among immigrants in Denmark and supplies new evidence with focus on the most recent years
Immigration & Refugees, Social PolicyPosted: 2012-01-09
Immigration Can Alleviate the Ageing Problem
EIPA
This 4-page article explains how immigration can alleviate the burden that ageing poses for the welfare states of most Western economies
Ageing, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-03-11
Immigration, Citizenship, and the Size of Government
IZA
A 36-page discussion paper analyzing the political sustainability of the welfare state in an environment where immigration is the main demographic force and where governments are able to influence the size and skill composition of immigration flows
Immigration & Refugees, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-11-15
Impact of Past Adoption Practices: Summary of Key Issues from Australian Research
AIFS
An Australian paper reviewing existing research literature about past adoption practices
Families, Children & Youth, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-04-26
Improving Canada's Retirement Saving: Lessons from Abroad, Ideas from Home
IRPP
This 40-page Canadian study looks at pension reforms in Norway, Sweden, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Saskatchewan
Ageing, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-10-03
Improving Opportunity, Strengthening Society: Two Years on
Communities and Local Government - UK
The 111-page progress report on the UK government's strategy for promoting race equality and community cohesion
Social PolicyPosted: 2007-08-08
Improving Savings Incentives for the Poor
NCPA
A 2-page US brief analysis proposing a programme designed to improve savings by low earners
Poverty & Hunger, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-09-09
Incentive Effects of Social Assistance: A Regression Discontinuity Approach
Statistics Canada
A 35-page Canadian study into the effects of different levels of social assistance benefit on employment
Social Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-06-22
Include Me In
Demos
This 25-page U.K. report offers a model for assisting homeless people to return to work and escape exclusion
Social Policy, HousingPosted: 2005-07-05
Inclusion Through Innovation
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - U.K.
An 88-page U.K. report examining how information and communications technology (ICT) can be harnessed to help tackle social exclusion
Science & Technology, Social PolicyPosted: 2005-11-02
Income Support Policies for Part-Time Workers: A Stepping Stone to Regular Jobs?
CESifo
This 22-page working paper examines whether an income support policy for part-time workers in Belgium increased the transition from unemployment to non-subsidised, regular employment
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2007-02-09
Income Support Systems, Labor Market Policies and Labor Supply: The German Experience
IZA
The aim of this 37-page discussion paper is to give a brief overview of the German income support systems and labor market polices, their recent reforms and – where already possible –effects of these reform
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2010-01-18
Increasing Longevity and Social Security Reform
CESifo
A working paper examining the economic effects of increasing longevity
Ageing, Social PolicyPosted: 2006-10-27
Indonesia: Trouble Again in Ambon
Crisis Group
This 16-page briefing examines the unrest that followed the death of a Muslim motorcycle taxi driver in Ambon under disputed circumstances and led to seven more deaths, the destruction of more than 150 Muslim and Christian homes and the displacement of thousands
Crime, Law & Order, Social PolicyPosted: 2011-10-04
Indonesia: "Christianisation" and Intolerance
Crisis Group
With hardline Islamists and Christian evangelicals competing for the same ground, this 20-page policy briefing argues that the Indonesian government needs a strategy to address growing religious intolerance
Governance & Politics, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-11-30
Innovative Employment Approaches and Programs for Low-Income Families
Urban Institute
This 118-page US report profiles approaches and programmes for improving the economic success of low-income parents
Poverty & Hunger, Social PolicyPosted: 2007-06-03
Integrated Service Delivery for Young People: a Literature Review
Brotherhood of St Laurence
This 47-page Australian literature review examines youth centres and other programs which offer holistic or integrated youth services in the United Kingdom, United States and Australia, and considers supportive policy frameworks
Families, Children & Youth, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-09-23
Intentions and Results: A Look Back at the Adoption and Safe Families Act
Urban Institute
A series of papers (138-pages) examining the effects of the US Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 and its implementation
Families, Children & Youth, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-01-25
Intergenerational Reliance on Income Support: Psychosocial Factors and their Measurement
FACS - Australia
This 120-page Australian research report identifies 9 psychosocial factors that explain reliance on income support from one generation to another
Social PolicyPosted: 2007-08-02
Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment in Germany: The Last Five Decades
IZA
This 40-page discussion paper studies the development in intergenerational mobility in respect of educational attainment in Germany
Education, Social PolicyPosted: 2007-08-29
International Comparison of Work Disability
Center for Economic Research
A 43-page discussion paper analyzing the results of self-reported work disability in U.S., U.K. and the Netherlands
Disability, Social PolicyPosted: 2004-06-29
International Comparisons of Living Standards by Equivalent Incomes
CEPII
This 37-page French working paper proposes a new measure of comparing living standards based on welfare economics
Social PolicyPosted: 2007-02-14
International Update
SSA
A US bulletin (June 2007) reporting on recent developments in public and private pensions in foreign countries
Social Policy, AgeingPosted: 2007-07-10
International Update - February 2005
U.S. Social Security Administration
This 4-page bulletin reports on public and private pensions developments in Portugal, Slovakia, Namibia, Uruguay, Japan, Thailand and Uzbekistan
Social PolicyPosted: 2005-03-07
International Update - May 2004
U.S. Social Security Administration
A 4-page U.S. report on pensions developments in Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, U.K. and Japan
Social PolicyPosted: 2004-06-09
International Update October 2004
U.S. Social Security Administration
This 4-page monthly update reports on public and private pension developments in Ireland, Switzerland, Jamaica, Australia and China
Social Policy, AgeingPosted: 2004-10-30
International Update September 2007
SSA
A monthly US bulletin reporting on overseas developments in pensions, social security and retirement
Ageing, Social PolicyPosted: 2007-10-04
International Update, August 2004
U.S. Social Security Administration
A 4-page U.S. bulletin reporting on recent developments in Foreign Public and Private Pensions
Social PolicyPosted: 2004-08-31
International Update, July 2004
U.S. Social Security Administration
A 4-page update on developments in public and private pensions in Romania, Jordan, Taiwan, El Salvador and Peru
Social PolicyPosted: 2004-08-09
International Update, June 2004
U.S. Social Security Administration
A 4-page U.S. bulletin on recent pension developments in Macedonia, Mexico, Australia, China and South Korea
Social PolicyPosted: 2004-07-12
International Update, November 2004
U.S. Social Security Administration
A 4-page report covering recent pensions developments in Finland, France, the U.K. and Argentina
Social PolicyPosted: 2004-12-10
International Update, September 2004
U.S. Social Security Administration
A 4-page update, covering recent pensions developments in Poland, Sweden, Nigeria, The Bahamas, Brazil and Canada
Social PolicyPosted: 2004-10-11
International Update: Recent Developments in Foreign Public and Private Pensions - April 2004
U.S. Social Security Administration
The 4-page April 2004 issue of this monthly newsletter reporting on recent pension developments internationally
Social Policy, AgeingPosted: 2004-05-04
International Update: Recent Developments in Foreign Public and Private Pensions - March 2004
U.S. Social Security Administration
The U.S. Social Security Administration's monthly update on overseas pensions developments
Social PolicyPosted: 2004-04-10
International Update: Recent Developments in Public and Private Pensions
US Social Security Administration
This 4-page bulletin reports on recent pensions developments in Europe, Asia/Pacific and the Americas
Social Policy, AgeingPosted: 2004-02-21
Introducing Unemployment Insurance to Developing Countries
IZA
This 40-page policy paper identifies key labor market and institutional differences between developed and developing countries, analyzes how these differences affect the working of the standard, OECD-style unemployment insurance (UI) program, and derives a desirable design of unemployment benefit program in developing countries
International Development, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-07-10
IQ and Family Background: Are Associations Strong or Weak?
IZA
This 12-page discussion paper studies the intergenerational transmission of abilities. It uses a large representative sample of Swedish men to examine both intergenerational and sibling correlations in IQ
Families, Children & Youth, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-07-29
Is Early Retirement Encouraged by the Employer?
Institute for Futures Studies,
This 38-page Swedish paper examines how non-wage costs affect voluntary early retirement
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2011-05-15
Is Means Testing an Effective Way to Reduce the Cost of Social Security?
CEPR
A 16-page US report examining the feasibility of several different means testing scenarios and finding the potential savings to be rather limited
Social PolicyPosted: 2011-03-08
Is Social Europe Fit for Globalization?
European Commission
This 223-page study examines whether the European social model is fit to rise to the challenges of globalization
Social Policy, European UnionPosted: 2008-04-22
Is Social Security Behind the Collapse of Personal Saving?
CESifo
This 23-page US working paper considers the quantitative role of growth in the size of the social security program in contributing to the collapse of personal saving in the U.S. over the last few decades
Social PolicyPosted: 2009-10-18
Is Social Security Part of the Social Safety Net?
CESifo
This 40-page paper focuses specifically on how Social Security affects the poor
Social Policy, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2009-06-05
Is the European Welfare State Really More Expensive?
OECD
This 131-page working paper provides information on trends and composition of social expenditure in OECD countries. It also presents the OECD SOCX Manual
Social PolicyPosted: 2011-11-10
Is the U.S. a Good Model for Reducing Social Exclusion in Europe?
Center for Economic and Policy Research
A 30-page US study reviewing data on economic and social measures in the US and Europe to assess how well the US has improved living standards
Social Policy, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2006-08-02
January 2005 International Update
U.S. Social Security Administration
A 4-page report on public and private pension developments in Austria, Malta, U.K., Chile and Kazakhstan
Social PolicyPosted: 2005-02-03