Welfare state evolution in Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland: towards a new paradigm?

DINÂMIA'CET, Outubro de 2010.In this paper we discuss welfare state reforms in Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. We analyse particularly the evolution of unemployment insurance, old-age pensions and social assistance. We investigate whether welfare state reforms can be perceived as paradigm shifts. We consider such a change entailed a decrease in social insurance relative to both social assistance and individual insurance.FC