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Private support and social securityPrivate support and social security

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  • Frans van Dijk

    (CREED, Department of Economics, University of Amsterdam, Roeterstraat 11, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Abstract

The issue is addressed whether assistance to persons in need can be left to the `family' and the `community'. In that case people depend on their social networks. The support a person receives through a given network of social ties is examined. However, ties are diverse and subject to change. By means of a model of the dynamics of social ties, the conditions for adequate private support are analyzed. The sustainability of private support over time is examined by incorporating the impact on social ties of lending and receiving support. It is shown that support is only an effective alternative in a limited number of situations.

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  • Frans van Dijk, 1998. "Private support and social securityPrivate support and social security," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 11(3), pages 345-371.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jopoec:v:11:y:1998:i:3:p:345-371
    Note: Received: 2 January 1997 / Accepted: 2 February 1998
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    1. Jianye Liu & Roderic Beaujot & Zenaida Ravanera, 2018. "Measuring the Effects of Stress and Social Networks on the Health of Canadians," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 13(4), pages 891-908, December.
    2. Livia García-Faroldi, 2015. "Welfare States and Social Support: An International Comparison," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 121(3), pages 697-722, April.

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    Keywords

    Social security · private support · social ties;

    JEL classification:

    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions

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