Research and Program Descriptions About Netherlands

International Update, April 2012

Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Europe, 2010

International Update, April 2009

Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Europe, 2008

International Update, February 2007

Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Europe, 2006

International Update, March 2006

International Update, December 2004

Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Europe, 2004

Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Europe, 2002

Poverty Among Single Elderly Women Under Different Systems of Old-Age Security: A Comparative Review

This study takes stock of available comparative research on the economic status of elderly single women in six industrialized countries: France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. A systematic comparison of income has become easier due to such standardized data bases as the Luxembourg Income Study.

But an explanation for different poverty rates among older women who are on their own requires a further, differentiated assessment of the countries' retirement benefit structures. This article attempts such a review. It makes use of a variety of single-country sources and takes into account the institutional heterogeneity of old-age security systems. The study concludes with a view of the effectiveness of different old-age security systems in preventing poverty among older single women.

Social Insurance Provisions for Children With Disabilities in Selected Industrialized Countries

In the United States, low-income families who have a child or children with a disability may be eligible for cash benefits payable under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. In the last few years, the number of these children on the SSI rolls has increased dramatically due, in large part, to new standards developed in response to a 1990 Supreme Court decision and the subsequent retroactive activity as a result of that decision. The rise in the number of child beneficiaries has led to increased concerns as to whether cash benefits are the best way to help these children and their families deal with the additional needs and expenses caused by disabilities. This article begins with a summary of recent American developments regarding the childhood disability issue as background to an exploration of comparative practices.

In light of the current interest in the United States concerning children with disabilities, it seems timely to explore the approaches used by other countries' social insurance programs. This study details the practices and provisions of 14 European countries and 4 other developed countries (Australia, Israel, Japan, and New Zealand). In addition to examining the variables involved in making cash benefits available and awarding them to families on behalf of disabled children, the article also provides information of in-kind benefits to which such families would be entitled and gives some insight as to the philosophy and policy goals of selected foreign programs.

Recent European Trends in Disability and Related Programs

Forging Linkages: Modifying Disability Benefit Programs to Encourage Employment

National Expenditures on Social Security and Health in Selected Countries

Worldwide Trends and Developments in Social Security, 1985–87

Administrative Costs for Social Security Programs in Selected Countries

International Social Security Agreements: The U.S. Experience

Health Care Expenditures: International Comparisons, 1970–80

Long-Term Disability Programs in Selected Countries

Worldwide Trends and Developments in Social Security, 1983–85

Administrative Costs for Social Security Programs in Selected Countries

Social Security Problems in Western European Countries

Social Security Trends and Developments in Industrialized Countries

The Earnings Replacement Rate of Old-Age Benefits in 12 Countries, 1969–80

International Trends in Disability Program Growth

Worldwide Trends in Social Security, 1979

European Attitudes Toward Retirement

Health Care Expenditures in Nine Industrialized Countries, 1960–76

Social Security: A Worldwide Issue

Mandating Private Pensions: Experience in Four European Countries

Mandatory Employment of the Handicapped

Flexible Retirement Features Abroad

Worldwide Developments in Social Security, 1975–77

Earnings-Replacement Rate of Old-Age Benefits, 1965–75, Selected Countries

Alimony and Public Income Support: Fifteen Countries

Maintaining Value of Social Security Benefits During Inflation: Foreign Experience

Housewives and Pensions Foreign Experience

Administrative Costs for Social Security Programs in Selected Countries

World Developments and Trends in Social Security

Foreign Health Programs: Changes in Population Covered

Payroll Taxes Under Social Security Programs: Cross-National Survey

Standardization of Short-term Benefits

Earnings Replacement Rate of Old-Age Pensions for Workers Retiring at End of 1972

The European Experience in Social Health Insurance

Medical Care Expenditures in Seven Countries

Social Security Provisions for Young Adults in Industrialized Countries

International Health Expenditures

Worldwide Developments in Social Security, 1967–69

Mental Retardation in Four Countries

Adjustment of Old-Age Pensions in Foreign Programs

The Earnings Replacement Rate of Old-Age Benefits: An International Comparison

Income-Tax Treatment of Old-Age Pensions and Contributions Here and Abroad

Relation of Social Security Expenditures to Gross National Product in 45 Countries

Social Security Programs of Foreign Countries

Medical Benefits for Old-Age Pensioners Under Foreign Social Security Programs

A Quarter Century of Social Security Abroad

Automatic Cost-of-Living Adjustment of Pensions in Foreign Countries

Medical Benefits For Pensioners Under Foreign Social Security Programs

European Multilateral Social Security Treaties

Foreign Social Security Programs in 1958

World Trends in Social Security Benefits, 1955 to 1957

World Trends in Social Security Benefits, 1935–55

Social Security Agreements in Western Europe

World Developments in Social Security

Foreign Experience in Social Insurance Contributions for Agricultural and Domestic Workers