The Enabling State and Targeting Benefits: Age criteria in Social Benefits Eligibility for Old Third- country Nationals

Abstract

This study analyse the implication of age criteria in the realm of targeting benefits under enabling state to understand old third-country immigrants' eligibility for social benefits in Austria, Finland and Czech Republic. This study also offers an insightful knowledge to policymakers, practitioners and researchers that consider the distinctiveness of this heterogeneous group's sub-category in policy formation, making, and implementation.