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This blog is based on an article in Social Policy and Society by Tauchid Komara Yuda and Rizqi Ashfina. Click here to access the article. The Indonesian healthcare system has significantly evolved throughout the years. After it was initiated in 2004 through National Social Security Law, the utilisation remained low, exacerbated by its underdeveloped and… Continue reading Is There More Than Meets the Eye? A Closer Look in the Interplay Between Factors in Social Policy Development →

This blog is based on an article in Social Policy and Society by Robin Darton. Click here to access the article. Extra care housing aims to meet the housing, care and support needs of older people, while maintaining their independence in self-contained accommodation. In a paper published in Social Policy & Society last year I examined a… Continue reading Extra Care Housing: The Current State of Research and Prospects for the Future →

This blog is based on an article in the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy by Ilari Ilmakunnas. Click here to access the article. Despite the shared understanding that it is useful to analyse poverty by means of different measures, one measure is more commonly used than others. In the EU, the at-risk-of-poverty threshold… Continue reading Enhancing Clarity in Poverty Analysis →

This blog is based on an article in the Journal of Social Policy by Gianluca Scarano. Click here to access the article. Of the various aspects of activation policies, marketisation has probably been discussed and investigated most. It is frequently argued in the public debate that contracting out public employment services (PES) to private providers… Continue reading Outcome-based Contracting and Gaming Practices in Marketised Public Employment Services. Dilemmas from the Italian Case →

This blog is based on an article in Social Policy and Society by Roy Peijen and Ton Wilthagen. Click here to access the article. Since the early 2000s, the Netherlands has maintained a work-first-oriented policy to support the unemployed back to work. These policies prioritise labour market attachment with the thought that any job is better than… Continue reading Beyond “Work First”: How Private-Sector Employment Programmes Tackle Unemployment Cycles →