Abstract
Whether and how developments and changes in welfare state policies are related with population heterogeneity has been a subject of contention. This article examines this relationship using data on welfare state provisions and practices, and ethno‐racial, religious, and immigration heterogeneity, from 17 high‐income Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development countries between 1980 and 2005. Findings suggest that while religious diversity lacks a systematic association with welfare state policies, the relationship of ethno‐racial and especially immigration diversity bifurcates between welfare state decommodification and expenditures. The welfare state expenditure‐increasing and welfare‐state‐provision‐decreasing roles of immigration, in particular, provide important insights into why welfare state policies may have been limited in some countries and lately scaled back in others.Related Articles: Gainous, Jason, Stephen C. Craig, and Michael D. Martinez. 2008. “.” Politics & Policy 36 (): 972‐1004. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747‐1346.2008.00147.x/abstract Byrne, Jennifer. 2011. “.” Politics & Policy 39 (): 485‐514. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747‐1346.2011.00301.x/abstract Flavin, Patrick, Alexander C. Pacek, and Benjamin Radcliff. 2011. “.” Politics & Policy 29 (): 251‐269. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747‐1346.2011.00290.x/abstract Related Media:Databases: by Wagle, Udaya. 2013. “.” http://homepages.wmich.edu/~uwagle/ . https://www.cia.gov/
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