Worlds of Welfare Across the Globe. Origins and Outcomes (A09*)

• Subject Area: Political Science
• Term: since 2026
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 374666841

Drawing on new data for up to 165 countries provided by the CRC’s Welfare State Information System, this project investigates the global landscape of welfare systems by exploring their determinants and socioeconomic outcomes. Our empirical strategy consists of three steps. First, we employ principal component analysis alongside advanced clustering methods to identify distinct worlds of welfare regimes and the countries that comprise them. Next, we apply regression analysis to examine the determinants of different worlds of welfare. Finally, we analyze how different worlds of welfare impact social outcomes in terms of poverty and inequality.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1342: Global Dynamics of Social Policy
• Applicant Institution: Universität Bremen
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Herbert Obinger; Professorin Dr. Carina Schmitt