Introduction: Crisis, policy responses and widening inequalities in the EU

Leschke, Janine; Jepsen, Maria

doi:10.1111/j.1564-913x.2012.00150.x

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“…This indicates greater partisan influence on social spending after the GFC (Cusack et al, ; Herwartz and Theilen, ; McCarty, ; McManus, ; Starke et al, ). The lack of significance of parties pre‐crisis may be accounted for by the fact that, during this period political differences narrowed as parties on the left and right adopted similar neoliberal social spending strategies (Häusermann and Palier, ; Hendrik et al, ; Leschke and Jepsen, ). Critical juncture theories suggest that such consensus is more likely during times of stability and will persist until challenged by a crisis event (Blyth, ; Capoccia, ).…”

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“…The pro‐market principles that guided pre‐crisis EU social spending were met with little political resistance as many parties on the left and right embraced neoliberal reforms (Häusermann and Palier, ; Hendrik et al, ; Leschke and Jepsen, ; Swank, ; Taylor‐Gooby, , ). Danish flexicurity, ‘third way' policies in the UK and activation policies in Sweden all reflected a common shift toward market‐based welfare preferences.…”

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The Re‐Emergence of Partisan Effects on Social Spending after the Global Financial Crisis

McManus

2019

J of Common Market Studies

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This article analysed the effects of the global financial crisis on the political dynamics that shape social spending in Europe. It used panel data for 28 OECD countries during the pre‐crisis (1990–2007) and post‐crisis (2008–13) periods to test the extent to which social spending was affected by EU and domestic variables. Notable differences were found in the influence of EU membership on social spending before and after the crisis as well as an increase in political partisan effects on social expenditure post‐crisis. Additional data of party manifestos for 42 national elections across 26 EU member states during the crisis (2008–13) confirm the emergence of left–right party divisions over social welfare. This finding is significant as partisan effects were absent in the decades preceding the crisis. These results suggest a significant shift has taken place in European social spending in the wake of the Great Recession.

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The Re‐Emergence of Partisan Effects on Social Spending after the Global Financial Crisis

McManus

2019

J of Common Market Studies

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“…The lack of statistical significance of parties pre-crisis may be accounted for by the fact that during this timeframe political differences narrowed as parties on the left and the right adopted similar liberal social spending strategies (Hendrik et al 2004;Leschke and Jepsen 2012). In other words, as the policy preferences of political parties converged, the influence that any party had on social spending mattered less.…”

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Political parties as drivers of post-crisis social spending in liberal welfare states

McManus

2017

Comp Eur Polit

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In the aftermath of the global economic crisis, the challenges facing welfare states are unprecedented. While government leaders have been in broad agreement that the severity of the recession called for decisive actions to limit the costs of the crisis, national responses have differed significantly. This article seeks to explain these divergent patterns and answer the critical question: how has the crisis affected the politics of social spending across liberal welfare states? While political conflict over social spending may increase across all countries in the wake of an economic crises, partisanship is expected to have a stronger effect in liberal welfare states, due to weak automatic stabilizer effects and a reliance on discretionary spending. This research tests the effects of political parties on social spending across nine liberal welfare states (Australia, Canada, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA) during the pre-crisis (1990-2007) and post-crisis (2008-2013) periods. It also provides in-depth analysis of the USA and the UK, two representative liberal welfare states who adopted highly dissimilar post-crisis social spending. The findings demonstrate that while political parties were not correlated with social spending during the pre-crisis period, after the global economic crisis they were significant in influencing social spending levels. This indicates an important shift in political dynamics across liberal welfare states over time that has not been fully accounted for by the existing literature.

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“…Se trataría de explorar si la ampliación y/o reducción de la brecha de género en la tasa de paro durante obedece a los cambios en el número de empleos públicos. Trabajos previos (Elomäki, 2012;Leschke y Jepsen, 2012) ya han constatado que algunas de las políticas de austeridad, en concreto las de recortes de personal o de salarios en sectores donde el peso de las mujeres es importante (como la sanidad o la educación), tienen un impacto negativo en cuanto a la equidad de género en diferentes países de la UE.…”

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Crisis y austeridad: amenaza para el empleo femenino en las regiones europeas

Martínez-Tola

Cal-Barredo

Álvarez-González

2018

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Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, EspañaAbstract: The objective of the study is to explore the relation between unemployment rates for men and women and the variation in public employment at regional level. To this end, a number of indicators are presented for the descriptive analysis of unemployment at regional level in the EU-15 and results are mapped. The main conclusion is that the marked sectoral segregation of employment by sex and the role of employment in the public sector for women should be taken into account when designing employment policies. On the contrary, employment growth in certain sectors and cuts in public spending in others introduce a bias that can boost male employment while delaying the recovery of feminine employment. Key words: crisis, sectoral segregation by sex, European regions. Resumen: El objetivo del trabajo es explorar la relación entre las tasas de paro de mujeres y de hombres, y la variación en el empleo público a escala regional. Para ello se plantean diversos indicadores orientados al análisis descriptivo del desempleo a nivel regional en el ámbito de la UE-15 y se hace una mapificación de los resultados. La principal conclusión es que la importante segregación sectorial del empleo por sexo y el papel que desempeña el empleo en el sector público en el trabajo femenino deben ser tomados en cuenta a la hora de diseñar las políticas laborales. De lo contrario, el fomento del empleo en ciertos sectores y/o los recortes de gasto público en otros incorporan un sesgo que puede estar impulsando el empleo masculino y retrasando la recuperación del femenino. Palabras clave: crisis, desempleo femenino, segregación sectorial por sexo, regiones europeas.

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Introduction: Crisis, policy responses and widening inequalities in the EU

Cited by 26 publications

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The Re‐Emergence of Partisan Effects on Social Spending after the Global Financial Crisis

The Re‐Emergence of Partisan Effects on Social Spending after the Global Financial Crisis

Political parties as drivers of post-crisis social spending in liberal welfare states

Crisis y austeridad: amenaza para el empleo femenino en las regiones europeas

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