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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Autores: Solé Juvés, Meritxell, Souto Nieves, Guadalupe, Rentería, Elisenda, Papadomichelakis, Giorgos, Patxot, Concepció
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Data de publicação:2020
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositório:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/175826
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/175826
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Crisis econòmiques
Generacions
Estat del benestar
Depressions
Generations
Welfare state
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Resumo: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 (...)