WoW & VoC

Esping-Andersen's (1990) typology of welfare regimes measures their degree of decommodification. Decommodification describes the extent to which welfare policies...

• favour class mobility

• enable citiizens to live independently of market participation

• enable citizens to change sectors of employment

• enable citizens to participate in the labour market

Esping-Andersen's measurement of the decommodifying capacity of welfare states was based on the following indicators: eligibility, coverage and...

• Access conditions

• Percentage of the population included in welfare programmes

• Replacement rates

• Income

Another term for 'conservative' welfare regimes...

• Mediterranean

• Continental

• Bismarckian

• Corporatist

In liberal regimes, welfare is targeted at...

• The middle class

• All citizens

• The poor

• The economically inactive

The VoC framework (Hall & Soskice 2001) identifies two VoCs, based on five dimensions, including:

• Welfare regime

• Skills formation

• Corporate governance

• Production models

• Inter-firm relations