"Keeping in mind existing classifications of welfare regimes, this paper goes beneath broad typologies to examine five social policies—old-age benefits, sickness and maternity, work injury, unemployment, and family allowance—across 30 European countries. These programs are compared on two dimensions : (1) source(s) of funding, i.e. central government, employers, insured individuals, or combination of the three, and (2) eligibility restrictions, i.e. employment, means-testing, and/or universal coverage. These two dimensions capture both the solidarity and the inclusiveness aspects of social programs, which are essential in placing them in the context of the European Social Model. Further, by developing this new dataset of social policies across Europe, the paper highlights the continuing diversity of institutional arrangements across several types of welfare state models in Europe, as well as the lack of a common post-communist model."

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