Olli E Kangas
Biographic Data
| ID | 4174960 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Olli E Kangas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Olli E |
| FAMILY NAME | Kangas |
| SIGNATURE | KANGAS O E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Turku |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 81 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
When and why do ideas matter? The influence of framing on opinion formation and policy change
A growing field of discursive institutionalism has argued for the importance of ideas and discourse in policy changes. The aim of the study is to analyse framing effects empirically by examining how, and to what extent, competing frames can shape public opinion on the implementation of a specific policy change. The case study focuses on the administration of social assistance in Finland. Results indicate that the framing of ideas shapes public op…
Testing old theories in new surroundings
This article examines the timing of the introduction of four major social security programmes — work accident insurance, sickness benefits, pensions, and family allowances — in 43 African countries. Further, it explores whether legislative structure, dominant religion or the colonial past of the country is of importance when we control for year of independence, prosperity, degree of democracy, government stability, industrialization and the size …
Pensions and Pension Funds in the Making of a Nation-State and a National Economy
Finland has traditionally been highly agrarian and poor, a nation at the ultimate northern edge of the world. The country, situated around the Arctic Circle, did not offer particularly lucrative opportunities for making an easy livelihood. Farmers, who until the 1960s formed the biggest socioeconomic group, had to fight a constant battle against nature. During the short and rather cool summers, they had to try to gather stores to be used during t…
Welfare State, Retrenchment of
Retrenchment of the welfare state pertains to various cost containment efforts governments have tried to introduce. Retrenchment has taken different forms in different countries and different policy areas. It can include cuts in generosity and increasing qualification conditions to make benefits less universal and restrict the number of recipients. Also, changes in the form of financing can be used. In many countries financial responsibilities ha…
Relative to What
In this paper three methods of relativizations are used: (1) we apply the conventional poverty approach: the poor are those whose income remains below 60 percent of the national equivalent disposable income, (2) we collapse nations together into one data pool and calculate a poverty line for the EU, and (3) we decompose nation states into smaller units representing the poorest and richest areas. Within-nation differences seem to be more pronounce…
Self-interest and the common good
Attitudes on Means-Tested Social Benefits in Finland
The paper examines the attitudes of different socio-economic groups toward means- testing. By using data from an opinion survey of 1,117 Finns, the study seeks to answer the following questions: Are universal social benefits more popular than selective ones? Who are the most vigorous opponents of means-testing, the middle classes or blue-collar workers? Results give some support to the hypothesis that selective benefits are the most unpopular. Th…
When and why do ideas matter? The influence of framing on opinion formation and policy change
A growing field of discursive institutionalism has argued for the importance of ideas and discourse in policy changes. The aim of the study is to analyse framing effects empirically by examining how, and to what extent, competing frames can shape public opinion on the implementation of a specific policy change. The case study focuses on the administration of social assistance in Finland. Results indicate that the framing of ideas shapes public op…
Attitudes on Means-Tested Social Benefits in Finland
The paper examines the attitudes of different socio-economic groups toward means- testing. By using data from an opinion survey of 1,117 Finns, the study seeks to answer the following questions: Are universal social benefits more popular than selective ones? Who are the most vigorous opponents of means-testing, the middle classes or blue-collar workers? Results give some support to the hypothesis that selective benefits are the most unpopular. Th…
Testing old theories in new surroundings
This article examines the timing of the introduction of four major social security programmes — work accident insurance, sickness benefits, pensions, and family allowances — in 43 African countries. Further, it explores whether legislative structure, dominant religion or the colonial past of the country is of importance when we control for year of independence, prosperity, degree of democracy, government stability, industrialization and the size …
Relative to What
In this paper three methods of relativizations are used: (1) we apply the conventional poverty approach: the poor are those whose income remains below 60 percent of the national equivalent disposable income, (2) we collapse nations together into one data pool and calculate a poverty line for the EU, and (3) we decompose nation states into smaller units representing the poorest and richest areas. Within-nation differences seem to be more pronounce…
Attitudes on Means-Tested Social Benefits in Finland
The paper examines the attitudes of different socio-economic groups toward means- testing. By using data from an opinion survey of 1,117 Finns, the study seeks to answer the following questions: Are universal social benefits more popular than selective ones? Who are the most vigorous opponents of means-testing, the middle classes or blue-collar workers? Results give some support to the hypothesis that selective benefits are the most unpopular. Th…
Self-interest and the common good
Welfare State, Retrenchment of
Retrenchment of the welfare state pertains to various cost containment efforts governments have tried to introduce. Retrenchment has taken different forms in different countries and different policy areas. It can include cuts in generosity and increasing qualification conditions to make benefits less universal and restrict the number of recipients. Also, changes in the form of financing can be used. In many countries financial responsibilities ha…
Relative to What
In this paper three methods of relativizations are used: (1) we apply the conventional poverty approach: the poor are those whose income remains below 60 percent of the national equivalent disposable income, (2) we collapse nations together into one data pool and calculate a poverty line for the EU, and (3) we decompose nation states into smaller units representing the poorest and richest areas. Within-nation differences seem to be more pronounce…
Pensions and Pension Funds in the Making of a Nation-State and a National Economy
Finland has traditionally been highly agrarian and poor, a nation at the ultimate northern edge of the world. The country, situated around the Arctic Circle, did not offer particularly lucrative opportunities for making an easy livelihood. Farmers, who until the 1960s formed the biggest socioeconomic group, had to fight a constant battle against nature. During the short and rather cool summers, they had to try to gather stores to be used during t…
Testing old theories in new surroundings
This article examines the timing of the introduction of four major social security programmes — work accident insurance, sickness benefits, pensions, and family allowances — in 43 African countries. Further, it explores whether legislative structure, dominant religion or the colonial past of the country is of importance when we control for year of independence, prosperity, degree of democracy, government stability, industrialization and the size …
When and why do ideas matter? The influence of framing on opinion formation and policy change
A growing field of discursive institutionalism has argued for the importance of ideas and discourse in policy changes. The aim of the study is to analyse framing effects empirically by examining how, and to what extent, competing frames can shape public opinion on the implementation of a specific policy change. The case study focuses on the administration of social assistance in Finland. Results indicate that the framing of ideas shapes public op…
Economics (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (5 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Welfare (3 works) · Demographic economics (2 works)