The Temporal Welfare State
A Crossnational Comparison
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6296391 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Mahmud Rice (0000-0001-5986-9139, Australian National University), Robert E Goodin (0000-0002-1704-5817, Australian National University), Antti Parpo (Australian National University) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 195-228 |
| Publication date | 2006-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0143-814X • E-ISSN: 1469-7815 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0143814x06000523 |
| OpenAlex | W3121877294 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 14 |
Welfare states contribute to people's well-being in many different ways. Bringing all these contributions under a common metric is tricky. Here we propose doing so through the notion of temporal autonomy: the freedom to spend one's time as one pleases, outside the necessities of everyday life. Using income and time use surveys from five countries (the USA, Australia, Germany, France, and Sweden) that represent the principal types of welfare and gender regimes, we propose ways of operationalising the time that is strictly necessary for people to spend in paid labour, unpaid household labour, and personal care. The time people have at their disposal after taking into account what is strictly necessary in these three arenas – which we christen discretionary time – represents people's temporal autonomy. We measure the impact on this of government taxes, transfers, and childcare subsidies in these five countries. In so doing, we calibrate the contributions of the different welfare and gender regimes that exist in these countries, in ways that correspond to the lived reality of people's daily lives
Autonomy · Demographic economics · Economics · Government (linguistics · Labour economics · Market economy · Political science · Politics · Principal (computer security · Sociology · State (computer science · Subsidy · Welfare · Welfare state · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |