Prof. W. van Oorschot
Contact address
Department of Sociology
Tilburg University
po box 90153
NL - 5000 LE Tilburg
Phone +31-13-4662794
Fax +31-13-4663002
E-mail w.v.oorschot@uvt.nl
Main Fields of Research Interest
Wim van Oorschot studies the social policies of European welfare states. His main interests are in social security and labour issues, as well as in the cultural determinants and legitimacy of policies that aim to promote social cohesion, solidarity and social justice. He analyses and compares policies and public opinion.
- Labour issues
- Poverty
- Social politics
- Social security
- Sociology
- Unemployment
- Welfare states
Selected international publications
Chung, H., & Oorschot, W.J.H. van (2010). Employment insecurity of European individuals during the financial crisis. A multi-level approach. (Working Papers on the Reconciliation of Work and Welfare in Europe, 14)
Lepianka, D.A., Gelissen, J.P.T.M., & Oorschot, W.J.H. van (2010). Popular explanations of poverty in Europe: Effects of contextual and individual characteristics across 28 European countries. Acta Sociologica, 53(1), 53-72.
Oorschot, W.J.H. van (2010). Disability benefit reforms in the Netherlands 1980-2006: Retrenchment and reconstruction. In M. Kautto & J. Bach-Othman (Eds.), Disability and employment: Lessons from reforms (pp. 35-52). Helsinki: Finnish Pension Institute.
Oorschot, W.J.H. van (2010). Public perceptions of the economic, moral, social and migration consequences of the welfare state: An empirical analysis of welfare state legitimacy. Journal of European Social Policy, 20(1), 19-31.
Oorschot, W.J.H. van, & Finsveen, E.M. (2010). Does the welfare state reduce inequalities in people?s social capital? International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 30(3), 182-193. Further information
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