Table 1 The three main typologies used in the ‘Regime approach’
Author | Main elements | Welfare regime typologies | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Esping-Andersen [19] | - Decommodification | Liberal | Conservative | Social democratic | |
- Social stratification | Australia | Finland | Austria | ||
- Private-public mix | Canada | France | Belgium | ||
Ireland | Germany | Denmark | |||
New Zealand | Italy | The Netherlands | |||
UK | Japan | Norway | |||
USA | Switzerland | Sweden | |||
Ferrera [18] | - Coverage | Anglo-Saxon | Bismarckian | Scandinavian | Southern |
- Replacement rates | Ireland | Austria | Denmark | Italy | |
- Poverty rates | UK | Belgium | Finland | Greece | |
France | Norway | Portugal | |||
Germany | Sweden | Spain | |||
Luxembourg | |||||
The Netherlands | |||||
Switzerland | |||||
- Prevailing political tradition | Liberal | Christian democratic | Social democratic | Wage-earners | |
Canada | Austria | Denmark | Australia | ||
Ireland | Belgium | Finland | New Zealand | ||
UK | Germany | Norway | |||
US | France | Sweden | |||
Italy | |||||
The Netherlands | |||||
Switzerland | |||||