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- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing
- Copyright
- Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- ISSN
- 0144-333X
- DOI
- 10.1108/eb012976
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
The present social security system has reached a point where it has outgrown its traditional structures. The system envisaged for the future is one in which the state decides what minimum protection everyone must receive and how much tax this entails, and in which a body representing all workers decides on how much of their income they will pay to insure themselves. Policy recommendations for restructuring social security systems in Europe should take into account the fact that social security benefits enjoy a privileged status within the context of public spending that every country adopts a minimum level of expenditure in line with its considered minimum standard of social protection and that greater efficiency of social security budgets should be aimed at, through rationalisation of choices, structures, means and services.
Journal
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy – Emerald Publishing
Published: Jan 1, 1985