Projects
Towards a balance in the new welfare state: dynamic comparison of the social security systems in five leading European countries and their performance in terms of old and new social risks. University of Antwerp
Childhood disability as a double disadvantage? An empirical investigation into poverty measurement, poverty trends and policy impacts among children with disabilities across European welfare states KU Leuven
Child poverty rates are alarmingly high and have increased in many European welfare states. Simultaneously, the prevalence of children with disabilities has also been rising. In the existing literature, it is assumed that disabled children are more likely to grow up poor than non-disabled children. This begs the question whether the rising prevalence of disabled children accounts for the rising trends in child poverty, which can only be ...
The crisis and reorientation of European welfare states since the 1970s: what consequences for income distribution, financial poverty and social exclusion? University of Antwerp
A long goodbye to the paradox of redistribution? An inquiry into the role of policy design in poverty reduction across and within developed welfare states. University of Antwerp
When flexicurity drops the ball: assessing the role of the European welfare states in mitigating the income effects of volatile employment. University of Antwerp
Subjective well-being. Understanding of differences in subjective well-being: a description and explanation of difference sin subjective well-being in West-European welfare states Ghent University
The project's general aim is to contribute to a sociological understanding of differences in individuals' subjective well-being within the general population of West-European welfare staes, by describing, explaining and predicting well-being on the basis of several sociological theories that social trust, well-being strategies en contextual charactersitics of welfare states. We analayse the available survey data using multivariate and ...
Disappointing poverty rates and immigration flows in Western welfare states KU Leuven
A cross-national investigation into the poverty rates of western welfare states and people with a migration background among these countries.
Gender differences in depression: a comparison of European welfare states. Ghent University
The aim of the research proposal is to develop a measurement instrument to assess the degree to which men and women are encourages to engage in domestic tasks. The association with gender differences in depression is then assessed.