Smithies, Rachel (2005) Public and private welfare activity in the United Kingdom, 1979 to 1999. CASEpaper (93). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London, UK.
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Abstract
This paper analyses the shifting balance between public sector and private sector welfare provision in the United Kingdom over the past two decades. Five sectors – education, health, personal social services, housing, and income maintenance and social security – are examined over three time points, 1979/80, 1995/96, and 1999/2000. Burchardt’s (1997) typology is used to classify welfare activities according to who funds them, who provides them, and who decides on the provider and/or amount of service. It is found that shifts in the composition of welfare activity have been relatively small and gradual: around half of all welfare activity, dropping from 52 percent to 49 percent, is entirely public; around a quarter, rising from 24 percent to 29 percent, is entirely private; and the remainder involves a mixture of both sectors. Within the latter group, there was a notable increase over time in the contracting-out of public services, which rose from 6 percent to 10 percent of all welfare activity.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case |
| Additional Information: | © 2005 Rachel Smithies |
| Divisions: | Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology |
| JEL classification: | H - Public Economics > H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies > H53 - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs H - Public Economics > H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies > H50 - General L - Industrial Organization > L3 - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise > L33 - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprises; Privatization; Contracting Out |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Jul 2008 12:20 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 19:58 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/6271 |
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