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Tax-Benefit Systems in Europe and the US : Between Equity and Efficiency
Bargain, Olivier - 2011
Whether observed differences in redistributive policies across countries are the result of differences in social preferences or efficiency constraints is an important question that paves the debate about the optimality of welfare regimes. To shed new light on this question, we estimate labor...
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The Free Movement of Inactive Citizens in the EU - A Challenge for the European Welfare State?
Ochel, Wolfgang - 2007
The EU Directive on Free Movement of 2004 extended free movement within the EU to Union citizens who are inactive and gave them access to the welfare benefits of host countries. The paper examines the extent to which these measures provoke migration to those countries with the highest levels of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777493
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Divided We Reform? Evidence from US Welfare Policies
Bernecker, Andreas - 2021
Divided government is often thought of as causing legislative deadlock. I investigate the link between divided government and economic reforms using a novel data set on welfare reforms in US states between 1978 and 2010. Panel data regressions show that under divided government a US state is...
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An Empirical Analysis of the Dynamics of the Welfare State : The Case of Benefit Morale
Halla, Martin - 2009
Does the supply of a welfare state create its own demand? Many economic scholars studying welfare arrangements refer to Say's law and insinuate a self-destructive welfare state. However, little is known about the empirical validity of these assumptions and hypotheses. We study the dynamic effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013160043
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Is Prescott Right? Welfare State Policies and the Incentives to Work, Learn and Retire
Jacobs, Bas - 2008
This paper bolsters Prescott's (2004) claim that high taxes are responsible for lacklustre labor market performance in continental European countries. We develop a lifecycle model with endogenous skill formation, endogenous labor supply, and endogenous retirement. Labor taxation distorts not...
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Flexible Outsourcing and the Impacts of Labour Taxation in European Welfare States
Koskela, Erkki; Poutvaara, Panu - 2021
In European Welfare States, low-skilled workers are typically unionized, while the wage formation of high-skilled workers is more competitive. To focus on this aspect, we analyze how flexible international outsourcing and labour taxation affect wage formation, employment and welfare in dual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316453
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The Scandinavian Model - Prospects and Challenges
Andersen, Torben M. - 2007
employment ratio, namely, demographic changes, a growth dilemma and globalization. This paper discusses how these challenges …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777727
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Outsourcing, Unemployment and Welfare Policy
Keuschnigg, Christian; Ribi, Evelyn - 2021
markets are missing. The main results are: (i) outsourcing raises unemployment and labor income risk of unskilled workers; (ii …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316451
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The Welfare State and the Forces of Globalization
Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2021
The emergence of the Asian tiger countries and the participation of the ex-communist countries in world trade has … reduced the equilibrium price of labor in western Europe and elsewhere. However, the actual price of labor hardly reacts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317221
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Globalization, Jobs, and Welfare : The Roles of Social Protection and Redistribution
Ranjan, Priya - 2015
This paper studies the welfare and policy implications of globalization when risk averse workers face the risk of … unemployment. If the jobs performed by domestic workers can be easily substituted by imports, then globalization reduces wages and … increases unemployment. In this situation, in the absence of any government intervention globalization not only reduces the …
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