In the eye of the storm … again ! Social policy responses to COVID‐19 in Southern Europe
Autor: | Amílcar Moreira, Antonios Roumpakis, Margarita León, Flavia Coda Moscarola |
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Přispěvatelé: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
Public Administration
Sociology and Political Science Earnings media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Wage Subsidy Context (language use) Development 0506 political science 050906 social work Political science Unemployment Development economics 050602 political science & public administration Economic impact analysis 0509 other social sciences Welfare Social policy media_common |
Zdroj: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP |
ISSN: | 1467-9515 0144-5596 |
Popis: | This paper aims to describe and discuss the significance of the social policy measures implemented in Southern European countries?Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain?in response to the first wave of COVID-19 Our analysis covers interventions from 1 March to June 30, 2020 Despite significant differences in how the COVID-19 pandemic spread?with Italy and Spain experiencing much higher rates of infection and lethality?Southern European economies are among the most hard-hit?and are likely to find themselves in the eye of the storm, once more The paper shows that despite differences in how countries have countered the spread of COVID-19, there are important commonalities in the actions governments took to counteract the economic impact of the pandemic Foremost efforts were directed at wage subsidy schemes to contain mass job destruction, additional temporary benefits to compensate self-employed and other non-standard workers for the loss of earnings;the expansion of unemployment insurance;and finally, the introduction and/or strengthening of schemes to provide support to families with care responsibilities The scale of the social policy and employment protection response has nevertheless been constrained by the fiscal position of each individual country in the post-Euro crisis context We argue that, in the long run, the response capacity of these governments and the social and economic consequences of this crisis will need to be contextualised against the backdrop of the deep and prolonged impact of austerity-driven measures on public budgets, production and welfare regimes over the last decade |
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