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This seminar proceedings examines whether the current designs of social protection systems in OECD societies are well-suited to contemporary life-course realities. It looks in detail at recent policy developments in OECD countries to develop more flexible time-based social policies, as well as related issues, such as asset-based welfare programmes, as well as policies to encourage redistribution of income and/or time over the life course and how these might be structured most effectively.Table of Content: Executive Summary Chapter 1. From Separated Life Phases to Interrelated Life Risks - A Life-course Approach to Social Policy by Anna Cristina DAddio and Peter Whiteford Chapter 2. The Life-course Perspective and Social Policies: An Overview of the Issues by Arij Lans Bovenberg Chapter 3. The Role and Effectiveness of Time Policies for Reconciliation of Care Responsibilities by Colette Fagan and Pierre Walthery Chapter 4. Ageing and Life-course Issues: The Case of the Career Break Scheme (Belgium) and the Life-course Regulation (Netherlands) by Sophie Devisscher and Debbie Sanders Chapter 5. Ins and Outs of the Dutch Life-course Savings Scheme by Lei Delsen Chapter 6. Life-course Policies and the Labour Market by Christine Erhel Chapter 7. Asset-based Social Programmes: A Critical Analysis of Current Initiatives by Michael Mendelson Chapter 8. Redistribution across the Life Course in Social Protection Systems: An Overview By Ann-Charlotte Ståhlberg