The welfare state

“Did a decrease in welfare spending on unemployed people in Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2003 influence how secure the welfare system makes young people with low education feel?

The welfare state, as defined by Esping-Andersen “involves state responsibility for securing some basic modicum for welfare for its citizens and the right to share to the full in the social heritage and to live the life of a civilized being according to the standards prevailing in the society”