In this paper, we compare the total size of intertemporal public liabilities (IPLs) of several European countries and the United States. We utilize the machinery of generational accounting in order to calculate the composition of the countries IPLs, that is the sum of the explicit and implicit...

Conceptualising cash for care : the origins of contemporary debates -- Care allowances and the formalisation of care arrangements -- Cash for care in the French welfare state : a skilful compromise? -- The commodification of care - the Italian way -- Contracting one's family members : the Dutch...