Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction and overview -- PART 1: Domain linkages and the privatization issue -- 1.1 Domain linkages in the welfare state -- 1.2 Privatization and consistency in social insurance -- PART 2: Comparative studies -- 2.1 The labor market, retirement and disability -- 2.2 The interaction of labour market policy and old-age insurance - An international comparison -- 2.3 Child maintenance: the balance between private and public responsibility -- 2.4 Poverty and social safety nets in Korea -- PART 3: Country studies: (early) retirement -- 3.1 Corporate pension reform in Japan and the effect of frequency of job changes by middle-aged and elderly workers -- 3.2 Reform of retirement programs and the future well-being of the elderly in America -- 3.3 At the crossroads between working life and early exit -the middle-aged Finnish baby-boomers and their lifestyle choices -- PART 4: Country studies: other issues -- 4.1 Sick in the 80s: Unemployed in the 90s? -- 4.2 Welfare programmes for unemployment income in Albania -- 4.3 Work, children, family structure and welfare: an integrative framework -- 4.4 The income support law in Israel: Background and future legislation -- List of contributors