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		<title>A comparative analysis of welfare systems and the health and social sector: evidence from 16 European countries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Abstract
 The purpose of this paper is to analyse the differences and similarities between 16 European Member States2 with regard to welfare systems, thereby defining possible groups of homogeneous countries. The model analyses social protection expenditure, the employment characteristics of the social sector and some variables concerning child and long term care.
 The dissimilarity measures [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eng.newwelfare.org/2010/02/21/a-comparative-analysis-of-welfare-systems-and-the-health-and-social-sector-evidence-from-16-european-countries/</link>
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		<title>European Papers Nr. 13:  Attachments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Content Summary
The Elderly between the Needs for Care and Active Ageing 
 Tiziana Tesauro and Luca Pianelli
A comparative analysis of welfare systems and the health and social sector: evidence from 16 European countries  
 Gabriella Pappadà
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		<link>http://eng.newwelfare.org/2010/01/15/european-papers-nr-13-attachments/</link>
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		<title>The Elderly between the Needs for Care and Active Ageing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article is available only online at website eng.newwelfare.org
1. Introduction
The article starts from the dichotomy that currently characterises the scientific and political debate on ageing. Two opposing, or rather mirrored theses mark the discussion on the “elderly question”.
On the one hand it is evident that the progressive ageing of the population brings with it growing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eng.newwelfare.org/2009/10/14/the-elderly-between-the-needs-for-care-and-active-ageing/</link>
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		<title>Paper No. 13, October 2009: Steps Towards the European Welfare</title>
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Content Summary
Editorial
 Orio Giarini
The Long Term Costs of Lifestyle Risks. Pathways to Change: A Case Study in the UK
 Nick Bosanquet and Helen Rainbow
Secondary Dementias and Prevention
 Vincenzo Marigliano
Care Work in the EU: Support Measures in a Context of Demographic Change
 Robert Anderson
Aging in the United States and South Korea: Reexamining the Recommendations of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eng.newwelfare.org/2009/10/11/paper-no-13-october-2009-steps-towards-the-european-welfare/</link>
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		<title>The Global Financial Crisis: A Challenge and Trial Concerning the Bulgarian Pension Model</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Abstract
The current dimensions of the socio-economic development of Bulgaria impose the multi-pillar/multi-stratum model of pension security, which guarantees the simultaneous existence, coordination and mutual complementing of various forms of pension security protection.
Since January 1, 2000 a new normative order has been in effect in Bulgaria. This has laid the foundation for the contemporary multi-pillar model [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eng.newwelfare.org/2009/10/11/the-global-financial-crisis-a-challenge-and-trial-concerning-the-bulgarian-pension-model/</link>
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		<title>Italy and Denmark from Early Retirement to Active Ageing. Problems and Solutions for Structural Unemployment and Pension Funding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. Introduction: The Possibilities of the New Politics
Over the last fifteen years the welfare state has undergone an undeniable process of policy and institutional change. Confronting the empirical evidence of an unexpected political commitment to unpopular socio-economic reforms, the influential interpretation of welfare institutions as immovable objects or frozen landscapes revealed itself to be an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eng.newwelfare.org/2009/10/10/italy-and-denmark-from-early-retirement-to-active-ageing-problems-and-solutions-for-structural-unemployment-and-pension-funding/</link>
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		<title>The Labour Market for Older Workers in Sweden: Changes and Prospects</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. The Demographic Development
In most developed countries the share of the population of active age is declining. The share above active age is increasing due to low fertility and the fact that people are living longer. The part of a cohort living to the age of 65 increases and those who reach that age live [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eng.newwelfare.org/2009/10/10/the-labour-market-for-older-workers-in-sweden-changes-and-prospects/</link>
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		<title>Possible Activation Strategies for Older Workers Dismissed Early from Employment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. Introduction
For over twenty years demographic research has revealed that the more economically developed countries are witnessing a new demographic phase, known as “second demographic transition”. Among the principal implications of this is the change in the age structure of the population with a growth in numbers among the older age groups. The increase in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eng.newwelfare.org/2009/10/10/possible-activation-strategies-for-older-workers-dismissed-early-from-employment-2/</link>
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		<title>Learning Against Aging. Training Opportunities for the Elderly to Learn in the New Technologies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. Introduction
The increase in the length of life represents one of the great challenges for contemporary society. It will reshape the structure and demographic profile of the generational system and of our society as a whole, with consequences for the social and economic system.
The present paper focuses on the idea that the elderly today must [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eng.newwelfare.org/2009/10/10/learning-against-aging-training-opportunities-for-the-elderly-to-learn-in-the-new-technologies/</link>
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		<title>The Elderly Worker’s Exit from the Company</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. Introduction
 Population ageing is one of the most significant characteristics of western society in qualitative as well as quantitative terms. This has a direct impact on the organisation of labour and the dynamics that govern it, where a person’s age is considered one of the main reference points for both entry into and exit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eng.newwelfare.org/2009/10/10/the-elderly-worker%e2%80%99s-exit-from-the-company/</link>
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