Disappointing poverty trends: is the social investment state to blame?

By Frank Vandenbroucke, K. Vleminckx. 2011

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Subfields: Finance, General Health Professions, Political Science and International Relations

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What use is ‘social investment’? (2013, background): “…social policies and spending patterns could be characterized as moving towards a social investment strategy, and whether disappointing outcomes in terms of poverty can be seen as a failure of such a strategy (Cantillon, 2011; Van Kersbergen and Hemerijck, 2012; Vandenbroucke and Vleminckx, 2011).”
Public opinion on policy and budgetary trade-offs in European welfare states: evidence from a new comparative survey (2017, background): “Here, we focus on distributive conflicts between the beneficiaries of ‘old’ and ‘new’ social policies (Vandenbroucke and Vleminckx 2011), i.e., social transfer programmes such as pensions, on the one hand, and new kinds of social investment policies such as education and family policies, on the…”
Who benefits? The social distribution of subsidized childcare in Sweden and Flanders (2012, background): “Childcare is a focal point in this strategy because it is generally considered an efficient labour market instrument removing disincentives to labour market participation for mothers while at the same time contributing to gender equality and investment in young children (Lewis et al., 2008; Vandenbr”
Family policies and single parent poverty in 18 OECD countries, 1978–2008 (2014, background): “In terms of policies, this translates into a shift from policies providing income transfers toward in-kind policies that increase opportunities for employment (Vandenbroucke & Vleminckx, 2011).”
The Quiet Paradigm Revolution of Social Investment (2015, background): “…in the political science literature, in conclusion, I would like to ponder four political-institutional factors that may lie behind the piecemeal diffusion of social investment despite difficult budgetary trade-offs between “old” and “new” social policies (Vandenbroucke and Vleminckx 2011).”
Three Shortcomings of the Social Investment Perspective (2013, background): “Previous research has questioned the new policy logic on the grounds of its performance in relation to poverty outcomes (Cantillon, 2011; Vandenbroucke and Vleminckx, 2011).”
The paradox of the social investment state: growth, employment and poverty in the Lisbon era (2011, background): “In this issue Vandenbroucke and Vleminckx (2011) refer to ‘re-commodification’ as the redistributive ‘downside’ of the social investment strategy.”
Putting the Child-Centred Investment Strategy to the Test: Evidence for the EU27: (2013, background): “Few countries have followed a consistent investment approach towards employment (Bonoli, 2009; Vandenbroucke and Vleminckx, 2011).”