Marginal Workers and the Welfare State

• In Event: The Political Economy of Welfare States

Brief Overview

We explore labor market policies to assess whether welfare states are egalitarian in their distribution of benefits or whether the hollowing out of benefits observed by some is resulting in marginalized workers becoming marginalized citizens.

Authors

• Gabriela Ramalho Tafoya, Manchester University

• Lyle A. Scruggs, University of Connecticut