The Social Assistance Database contains information on social assistance
programmes in 23 OECD countries and is configured using Microsoft Access.
It is available directly from the ESRC Survey Archive. The details are as
follows:
Ditch, JS, Oldfield, N., and Astin, M. International Social Assistance
Database, 1996.
Available from the BIRON, ESRC Survey Archive at http://dawww.essex.ac.uk
Study No 3997
Also see Social Assistance: Recent Trends and Themes in Journal of
European Social Policy, 1999, 1, pp. 65 - 76
Hope this helps.
Professor JS Ditch
Department of Social Policy & Social Work
University of York
Heslington
York YO10 5DD
United Kingdom
Tel: 00 44 1904 433612
Fax: 00 44 1904 433475
On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Liu, Lillian wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
> I am a research analyst at the U.S. Social Security Administration and have
> been impressed by List members' response to inquires. Would appreciate your
> help in locating Social Assistance Data Base cited in Social Security
> Pensions: Development and Reform, edited by Colin Gillion, et al. (published
> by the International Labour Office in Geneva in 2000). The citation reads
> as follows:
>
> Ditch, John; Oldfield, N; and Astin, M. 1998. Social Assistance Data Base
> (Department of Social Security; University of Essex).
>
> I have tried, though unsuccessfully, both the DSS' publications list (at its
> website), and the University of Essex website contact list to reach either
> of the three authors.
>
> To begin with, does this "data base" contain social assistance programs in
> countries other than the UK? Does "social assistance" include needs-based
> (cash and/or in-kind benefits) programs for the aged?
>
> Also, would like to know whether this is a book that can be purchased (if
> so, from whom) or this is a data base that is kept up to date continuously
> and can be accessed via internet.
>
> Finally, are the authors currently engaged in research relating to social
> assistance issues, especially regarding needs-based (means or income-tested)
> cash benefits for the aged?
>
> Many thanks in advance for your kind assistance.
>
> Lillian Liu
>
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