TY - T1 - A characterization of the Estonian social security regime through impact on poverty risk factors SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/17198 T3 - A1 - Peil, Nele A2 - PB - Y1 - 2010 LA - en AB - The purpose of the thesis is to provide a critical analysis of the regime of social security in current-day Estonia in terms of its poverty-alleviating potential and effect on the significant income disparities between the winners and losers of market-liberalism. The analysis is carried out in three steps. The first step determines risk factors for poverty among a household’s socio-economic characteristics in a hypothetical natural market situation. An overview of the dynamics of poverty in diff... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - social benefits; poverty; social protection; liberal welfare state; Estonia; Viro; sosiaaliturva; sosiaalietuudet; köyhyys; Political Science, Politics; Yleinen valtio-oppi, politiikan tutkimus; Allmän statslära, politologi N1 - PP - ER -