Practice question · Sort into groups
Sort each risk by whether it is an OLD social risk the classic welfare state was designed for, or a NEW one it was not.
Groups: Old social risk · New social risk
- Unemployment of a male breadwinner
- Obsolete skills in mid-career
- Old age after a long continuous career
- Reconciling work and family when both adults are employed
- Industrial injury
Hints
- The old risks fit a male breadwinner in stable full-time work.
- Anything arising from both adults working, or from discontinuous careers, is new.
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Old social risk: Industrial injury, Old age after a long continuous career, Unemployment of a male breadwinner
New social risk: Reconciling work and family when both adults are employed, Obsolete skills in mid-career
Why
The old column is exactly what contributory social insurance was built to cover, which is why it covers it well. The new column is what the same design covers badly, and the people it covers badly are disproportionately women, the young and the low-skilled, which is a consequence of the design rather than of anyone's intention.
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