Background: The provision of home-based care for frail older adults in Italy and Israel is
predominately provided by live-in migrant care workers (MCWs). However, despite the …

This article contributes to the growing body of research on administrative burdens by
providing a theoretically and empirically driven typology of governments' burden reduction …

Studies on the development of social policies have provided us with a rich body of
knowledge. However, being based mostly on class, gender or racial analysis, this body of …

Background: Anti-welfare narratives depict welfare systems as overly-permissive, open to
fraud, and fundamentally unfair. Countering these supposed ills have been political appeals …

Background It is well known that poverty is associated with ill health and that ill health can
result in direct and indirect costs that can perpetuate poverty. Social protection, which …

Abstract The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
aims to guarantee the rights and conditions essential to the full participation of people with …

Even though welfare states aim to address citizens' social care needs, disparities in benefit
distribution persist, leading to “non-take-up.” Non-take-up is the phenomenon in which …

Accessible Summary What Is Known on the Subject? The decision to apply for disability
benefits may be an important breakthrough in the life of people with severe mental illness …

This study investigates attitudes towards people with disabilities (PWD) among Jewish and
Arab students in Israel, exploring the nuanced interplay of cultural influences. Negative …