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Explore Country-Comparative Data on Inequality and Social Policy

Institutional Imprints of Social Disparities – PERGAP Dataset

We collect country-comparative data on social disparities in social security systems.

Looking for data on social security systems to advance your research? Inform policy or law-making? Learn about your own country? This map will provide data on ‘institutional imprints of social disparities’ in social security systems across 50 countries and at three time points. You will be able to click on each country to find contextual information on the country’s legal framework for old age security, health care, unemployment, and minimum protection. The dataset is collected within the framework of the PERGAP project. It will be downloadable and is free to use.

This map will be updated once we complete the data collection and analysis process.

PERGAP dataset of Institutional Imprints of Social Disparities

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