International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 43 Issue 5/6

Race, poverty and unemployment as quantitative predictors of voter turnout in St. Louis amidst COVID-19 and a racial justice movement

Gary Parker, Ellen Hutti

The 2020 election season brought with it a global public health pandemic and a reenergized racial justice movement. Given the social context of the intertwined pandemics of…

(No) country for old men? Intergenerational welfare distribution across welfare state regimes

Filip Chybalski, Agnes Orosz, Radosław Kurach

The article examines the interplay between welfare state regimes and the distribution of welfare between generations.

Class or individual habitus? Willingness to spend more on reconciliation policies in Europe

Sigita Doblytė, Aroa Tejero

Public willingness to pay for extra public benefits and services may demonstrate a tension between the common good (more services) and economic motives (higher taxes for all). In…

Structuring the scattered literature on algorithmic profiling in the case of unemployment through a systematic literature review

Kristian Bloch Haug

This article examines the overlooked literature on algorithmic profiling in public employment services (APPES) in the field of public administration. More specifically, it aims to…

Does occupational gender composition affect women's chances of becoming managers? Evidence from France, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK

Vanessa di Paola, Arnaud Dupray, Stéphanie Moullet

The authors aim to explore the link between the gender composition of occupations and women's access to managerial positions in four societal contexts.

Physical to virtual: challenges and opportunities for a neighbourhood-based employment support initiative

Abigail Taylor, Anne Green, Rosie Gloster, George Bramley

This paper aims to explore challenges and opportunities of shifting from physical to virtual employment support delivery prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic. It investigates…

Justifying a financially and socially sustainable pension reform: a comparative study of Finland and France

Niko Väänänen, Jyri Liukko

Increasing longevity and lower birth rates put pressure on the sustainability of pension systems. This compels countries to reform pension schemes. Different countries opt for…

Keeping carers from the “precariat”: availability of carer-friendly workplace policies for employees with adult and elder care responsibilities in Quebec

Sarah Marie Nogues, Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay

As employed carers tend to experience work interruptions and conflict between work and care, especially women, this paper aims to assess the availability and accessibility of…

Digital welfare state and problem arising: an exploration and future research agenda

Zita Wahyu Larasati, Tauchid Komara Yuda, Akbarian Rifki Syafa'at

The penetration of technology and the strengthening of evidence-based policies have paved the way for the automated delivery of social services. This study aims to discuss the…

Labour market dualization and social policy in pandemic times: an in-depth analysis of private consumption services in Europe

Emmanuele Pavolini, Giovanna Fullin, Gemma Scalise

This article contributes to the debate on how social policies and labour market regulation have been used to limit the socio-economic consequences of the pandemic by focusing on…

The regulatory power of social expectations: developing a measurement scale

Angelina Parfenova, Maria Kozlova

This research is devoted to the study of social expectations, and the purpose of this paper is to elaborate the instrument of their measurement based on the main spheres of…

The social impacts of innovation: reproducing racial, gender and social class inequality

Eric Dahlin, Samantha K. Ammons, Jacob S. Rugh, Rachel Sumsion, Justin Hebertson

While current scholarship on innovation typically examines its antecedents, the purpose of this paper is to provide a more complete account by advocating for social impacts as a…