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The decommodified security ratio: A tool for assessing European social protection systems

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With a view to better assessment of the roles played by social security and social policy in determining well‐being, this article introduces the “decommodified security ratio” (DSR), an instrument for evaluating an important duty of the social State, namely to maintain and improve people's economic security. To that end we describe the conventions for its use, analyse its main components in 20 European countries in 2002 and simulate the changes in it produced by ten variations in those components. From an analysis of the sensitivities of economic security we then demonstrate three different rationales.

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  • Georges Menahem, 2007. "The decommodified security ratio: A tool for assessing European social protection systems," International Social Security Review, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 60(4), pages 69-103, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:intssr:v:60:y:2007:i:4:p:69-103
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-246X.2007.00281.x
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    1. Georges Menahem, 2010. "How Can the Decommodified Security Ratio Assess Social Protection Systems?," LIS Working papers 529, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
    2. Georges Menahem, 2007. "Prestations sociales, sécurité économique et croissance en Europe," Revue de l'OFCE, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 0(4), pages 291-322.
    3. Olivier Bargain & Amedeo Spadaro, 2008. "Optimal taxation, social contract and the four worlds of welfare capitalism," Working Papers 200816, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
    4. Amadéo Spadaro, 2008. "Optimal taxation, social contract and the four worlds of welfare capitalism," Working Papers halshs-00586290, HAL.
    5. Tor Jakobsen, 2011. "Welfare Attitudes and Social Expenditure: Do Regimes Shape Public Opinion?," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 101(3), pages 323-340, May.
    6. Katharina Kunißen, 2019. "From Dependent to Independent Variable: A Critical Assessment of Operationalisations of ‘Welfare Stateness’ as Macro-Level Indicators in Multilevel Analyses," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 142(2), pages 597-616, April.
    7. Grech, Aaron George, 2010. "Assessing the sustainability of pension reforms in Europe," MPRA Paper 27407, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    8. Amadéo Spadaro, 2008. "Optimal taxation, social contract and the four worlds of welfare capitalism," PSE Working Papers halshs-00586290, HAL.

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