International Social Security Review

Published on behalf of the International Social Security Association

Edited by:
Roddy McKinnon

The International Social Security Review, the world's major international quarterly publication in the field of social security. First published in 1948, the journal appears in four language editions (English, French, German and Spanish). Articles by leading social security experts around the world present international comparisons and in-depth discussions of topical questions as well as studies of social security systems in different countries, and there is a regular, comprehensive round-up of the latest publications in its field.

The journal is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International Social Security Association (ISSA). The ISSA is the world's leading international organization bringing together national social security administrations and agencies. The ISSA provides information, research, expert advice and platforms for members to build and promote dynamic social security systems and policy.

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International Social Security Review is also available in French, Spanish or German.

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Reforming pensions: Principles, analytical errors and policy directions
Nicholas Barr and Peter Diamond

Designing a social security pension system
Robert L. Brown

Making work pay, making tax credits work: An assessment with specific reference to lone-parent employment
Jane Millar

Policy learning and cross-national diffusion in social long-term care insurance: Germany, Japan, Republic of Korea
John Creighton Campbell, Naoki Ikegami and Soonman Kwon

The recent evolution of social security coverage in Brazil
Graziela Ansiliero and Luís Henrique Paiva

Extending health care coverage: Potential linkages between statutory social security and community-based social protection
Jens Schremmer, Alain Coheur, Christian Jacquier and Valérie Schmitt-Diabaté

Revisiting the welfare state system in the Republic of Korea
Yong Soo Park

Pension reform in China
Felix Salditt, Peter Whiteford and Willem Adema