Making Transitions Pay
An Assessment of the Dutch Life-Course Scheme
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2115118 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Van Huizen (0000-0001-5486-2317, Utrecht University), Janneke Plantenga (Utrecht University) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 35-52 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2794 • E-ISSN: 1469-7823 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047279409990043 |
| OpenAlex | W2116951720 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 21 |
Introducing individual savings accounts into the system of social security may be an innovative way to reorganise European social security systems. This article examines the merits and drawbacks of this modernisation strategy using the Transitional Labour Market approach as a frame of reference. On the basis of normative criteria derived from this approach, we perform an evaluation of the Dutch life-course scheme ('Levensloopregeling'). This scheme is a unique and pioneering arrangement that offers employees a fiscally facilitated option to save money to finance periods of unpaid leave. Following the assessment of the Dutch case, we identify several pitfalls of reforms based on individual savings accounts. Finally, we put forward some proposals to overcome these shortcomings
Actuarial science · Economic growth · Economics · Frame (networking) · Life course approach · Market economy · Modernization theory · Normative · Political science · Public economics · Scheme (mathematics) · Social security · Telecommunications · Computer Science · Employment and Welfare Studies · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2012 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |