Companion Blog to the Journal of Social Policy, Social Policy & Society, and the Journal of International & Comparative Social Policy
This blog post is based on an article published in the Journal of Social Policy by Roberto Rizza, Dario Raspanti, and Francesco Albanese. If you ask policymakers in Italy why job creation remains weak, the answer often sounds familiar: labour costs are too high. Taxes and social contributions, it is argued, discourage firms from hiring… Continue reading Subsidising Silence: How Policy Ideas Entrench Italy’s Use of Employment Subsidies
This blog post is based on an article published in the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy by Damien Pennetreau, Claire Dupuy, and Virginie Van Ingelgom. European welfare states have changed significantly over the last few decades. Governments have shifted away from simply compensating people after periods of hardship. They have increasingly asked for… Continue reading Why has social investment not (yet) changed how citizens think about solidarity