Wealth and welfare states: what is the story? • Irwin Garfinkel, Columbia University ; Timothy M. Smeeding, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Current strategy of social services for the elderly in the Czech Republic: the domiciliary care – opportunities and risks • Kateřina Kubalčíková, Masaryk University ; Jana Havlíková, Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs

Variations in housing assistance across welfare state regimes: who benefits from targeting? • JoEllen Pederson, Florida State University ; Jill Quadagno, Florida State University

Lone mothers’ participation in active labor market programs in Germany • Cordula D. Zabel, Institute for Employment Research (IAB)