Abstract
Whether and how developments and changes in welfare state policies are related with population heterogeneity has been a subject of contention. This article examines this relationship using data on welfare state provisions and practices, and ethno-racial, religious, and immigration heterogeneity, from 17 high-income Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries between 1980 and 2005. Findings suggest that while religious diversity lacks a systematic association with welfare state policies, the relationship of ethno-racial and especially immigration diversity bifurcates between welfare state decommodification and expenditures. The welfare state expenditure-increasing and welfare-state-provision-decreasing roles of immigration, in particular, provide important insights into why welfare state policies may have been limited in some countries and lately scaled back in others.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 947-984 |
Number of pages | 38 |
Journal | Politics and Policy |
Volume | 41 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Ethno-Racial Diversity
- Immigration Diversity
- International Comparative Policy
- Mixed Model
- OECD
- Population Heterogeneity
- Social Expenditures
- Welfare and Social Policy
- Welfare State
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Sociology and Political Science
- Political Science and International Relations