Elephants on the move. Patterns of public pension reform in OECD countries

By K. Hinrichs. Europaeum review, 2000

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After the Male Breadwinner Model?: Childcare Services and the Division of Labor in European Countries (2014, background): “Nevertheless, as illustrated by Hinrichs (2000), a ‘programme approach’ analysing single social policy components might be better suited to answer questions concerning change and stability.”
The Self-Transformation of the European Social Model(s)* (2002, background): “Both Italy’s and Sweden’s reforms move in the direction of a definedcontribution pension scheme (Hinrichs, 2001).”
Inequalities and poverty risks in old age across Europe: The double‐edged income effect of pension systems (2021, background): “Systemic changes are rare, but we can sometimes find the “elephant on the move” (Hinrichs, 2000), such as the Swedish reforms of the 1990s that have replaced the basic plus earnings-related state pensions into a multipillar system with an income-tested guaranteed pension and contributory pensions pl”
Convergence towards where: in what ways, if any, are welfare states becoming more similar? (2008, background): “In any case, studying convergence requires a comparative research design capable of analysing social policy changes over longish periods of time, since much social policy reform takes effect over the long run, with change typically occurring in an incremental fashion and welfare states frequently be”