States of welfare or states of workfare?

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This paper deals with economic incentives and welfare-state arrangements in OECD countries; it also offers some lessons for wouldbe welfare states. These arrangements differ, of course, among OECD countries. In particular, there is wide variation in the extent to which countries rely on four basic institutions the state, the firm, the family and the market. Countries also differ in their relian...

Are Lone Mothers Responsive to Policy Changes? Evidence from a Workfare Reform in a Generous Welfare State

Are Lone Mothers Responsive to Policy Changes? Evidence from a Workfare Reform in a Generous Welfare State There is a heated debate in many European countries about a move towards a welfare system that increases the incentives for lone mothers to move off welfare and into work. We analyze the consequences of a major Norwegian workfare reform of the generous welfare system for lone mothers. Our ...

A Critique of the Fuzzy-set Methods in Comparative Social Policy A Critical Introduction and Review of the Applications of Fuzzy-set Methods

This article critiques the Fuzzy-set Qualitative Analysis (fs/QCA) methodology by examining its applicability in three studies in the field of comparative social policy. In each of these three test cases, I focus on the validity of fuzzy-set’s claimed function – its ability to combine theoretic discourse and evidence analysis. All three studies investigate welfare state reform in the late twent...

Liberalism, Democratic Citizenship, and Welfare Reform: The Troubling Case of Workfare

An Entanglement Study of Superposition of Qutrit Spin-Coherent States

Considering generalized concurrence as the criterion of entanglement, we study entanglement properties of superposition of two qutrit coherent states, as a function of their amplitudes. These states may attain maximum entanglement or no entanglement at all, depending on the choice of the parameters involved. The states revealing maximum entanglement also display the maximum violations of the Be...