Welfare-to-work programmes have long been pursued in European countries. The UK had shown more interest in learning from the US workfare model, and its policy de­sign and the experience of the past 10 years offer a number of insights for other countries.

Despite growing concerns over ageing and its social and fiscal impact, surprisingly scarce information is available on basic indicators concerning long-term care for dependent older people. The present publication seeks to fill this gap.

The book analysed income distribution and poverty, including the effect on inequalities other than in income, such as benefits in kind, or social services more generally, or in housing costs. Non-monetary indicators of exclusion include e.g. material deprivation.