Age in the Welfare State : The Origins of Social Spending on Pensioners, Workers, and Children

1. Introduction 2. Measuring the age of welfare 3. Age and the welfare state: theories and hypotheses 4. Family allowances: wages, taxes, and the appeal to the self-employed 5. Benefits for the unemployed: young and old in the fortress labor market 6. Old-age pensions: the architecture of spending 7. Conclusion.