The Comparative Welfare Entitlements Dataset

Data source: Lyle Scruggs, Jahn Detlaf, and Kati Kuitto

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Description:

This data set collection provides systematic data on institutional features of social insurance programs in eighteen countries spanning much of the post-war period. Its purpose is to provide an essential complement to program spending data that is available from international sources like the OECD's Social Expenditure Database.

Dataset type: Time-Series
Dataset level: Country

Citation:

When using this dataset, please cite as:
• Scruggs, L., Jahn, D., & Kuitto, K. (2017). Comparative welfare entitlements dataset 2. Version 2017-09. University of Connecticut and University of Greifswald.



Variables in this dataset:

Min Pension replacement rate (single)
QoG Code: sc_mp

Minimum pension replacement rate: Single (100%)

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Min Pension replacement rate (couple)
QoG Code: sc_mpc

Minimum pension replacement rate: Family (100%/0%)

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Pension coverage
QoG Code: sc_pcov

Coverage/Take-up: Portion of those above official retirement age who are in receipt of a public pension.

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Female Retirement Age
QoG Code: sc_penagef

Female retirement age.

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Male Retirement Age
QoG Code: sc_penagem

Male retirement age.

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Pension funding ratio
QoG Code: sc_pfund

The ratio of employee pension contributions to employer and employee pension contributions .

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Pension Generosity Index
QoG Code: sc_pgen

Pension Generosity Index. The generosity index methodology is explained in Lyle Scruggs (2014) Social Welfare Generosity Scores in CWED.

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Pension qualification period (years)
QoG Code: sc_pqual

Standard number of years of pension insurance to be considered fully covered.

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Sickness replacement rate (single)
QoG Code: sc_sick

Sickness insurance. Replacement rate: Single (100%)

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Sickness coverage
QoG Code: sc_sickcov

Sickness insurance. Coverage: Percentage of the labor force with sickpay insurance. This is not the percentage of currently unemployed/sick who are currently receiving benefits.

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Sickness duration (weeks)
QoG Code: sc_sickdur

Sickness insurance. Duration: Weeks of benefit entitlement excluding times of means-tested assistance or long-term disability/invalidity pensions. All 999 values have been recoded to missing.

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Sickness replacement rate (family)
QoG Code: sc_sickf

Sickness insurance. Replacement rate: Family (100%/0%)

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Sickness Qualification (weeks)
QoG Code: sc_sickqual

Sickness insurance. Qualification period: Weeks of insurance needed to qualify for benefit.

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Sickness Waiting Period (days)
QoG Code: sc_sickwait

Sickness insurance. Waiting days: Days one must wait to start receiving benefit after becoming sick.

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Sickness Generosity Index
QoG Code: sc_skgen

Sickness Generosity Index. The generosity index methodology is explained in Lyle Scruggs (2014) Social Welfare Generosity Scores in CWED.

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Standard Pension replacement rate (single)
QoG Code: sc_sp

Standard pension replacement rate: Single (100%)

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Standard Pension replacement rate (couple)
QoG Code: sc_spc

Standard pension replacement rate: Family (100%/0%)

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Combined Generosity Index
QoG Code: sc_tgen

Combined Generosity Index. The generosity index methodology is explained in Lyle Scruggs (2014) Social Welfare Generosity Scores in CWED.

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Unemployment replacement rate (single)
QoG Code: sc_ue

Unemployment insurance. Replacement rate: Single (100%)

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Unemployment coverage
QoG Code: sc_uecov

Coverage: Percentage of the labor force insured for unemployment risk. A Methodological Genealogy, CWED Working Paper 01, available on the CWED website. The methodology and scaling differs in important ways from the original generosity index in the previous CWED project.

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Unemployment duration (weeks)
QoG Code: sc_uedur

Duration: Weeks of benefit entitlement excluding times of means-tested assistance. All 999 values have been recoded to missing.

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Unemployment replacement rate (family)
QoG Code: sc_uef

Unemployment insurance. Replacement rate: Family (100%/0%)

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Unemployment Generosity Index
QoG Code: sc_uegen

Unemployment Generosity Index. The generosity index methodology is explained in Lyle Scruggs (2014) Social Welfare Generosity Scores in CWED.

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Unemployment qualification (weeks)
QoG Code: sc_uequal

Unemployment insurance. Qualification period: Weeks of insurance needed to qualify for benefit.

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Unemployment Waiting Period (days)
QoG Code: sc_uewait

Waiting days: Days one must wait to start receiving benefit after becoming unemployed.

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