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Welfare migration : is the net fiscal burden a good measure of its economic impact on the welfare of the native-born population? : comment on Munich Economic Summit, June 2004
Razin, Asaf; Tsadḳah, Efrayim - 2004
Migration of young workers (as distinct from retirees), even when driven in by the generosity of the welfare state, slows down the trend of increasing dependency ratio. But, even though low-skill migration improves the dependency ratio, it nevertheless burdens the welfare state. Recent studies...
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Increases in risk and the welfare state
Eichner, Thomas; Wagener, Andreas - 2002
According to many observers, the world is currently getting riskier along many of its dimensions. In this paper we analyse how the welfare state, i.e., social insurance that works through redistributive taxation, should deal with this trend. We distinguish between risks that can be insured by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409382
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The formation of prosociality : causal evidence on the role of social environment
Kosse, Fabian; Deckers, Thomas; Pinger, Pia; … - 2018
' prosocial attitudes are systematically related to elementary school children's prosociality. In a second step, we present … evidence on a randomly-assigned variation of the social environment, providing children with a mentor for the duration of one … gap in prosociality between low and high SES children. A mediation analysis of the observed treatment effect suggests that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011855632
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Polygyny, inequality, and social unrest
Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura - 2020
This paper proposes three theoretical mechanisms through which polygyny may be related to social unrest. The mechanisms are related to different dimensions of grievance-inducing and, partly, greed-related inequality, which may occur in polygynous societies. These dimensions include (i) economic,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012206058
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Recoupling economic and social prosperity
Lima de Miranda, Katharina; Snower, Dennis J. - 2020
This paper explores a new theoretical and empirical approach to the assessment of human wellbeing, relevant to current challenges of social fragmentation in the presence of globalization and technological advance. We present two indexes of well-being - solidarity (S) and agency (A) - to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012171696
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Polygyny, inequality, and social unrest
Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura - 2021
This paper proposes three theoretical mechanisms through which polygyny may be related to social unrest. The mechanisms are related to different dimensions of grievance-inducing and, partly, greed-related inequality, which may occur in polygynous societies. These dimensions include (i) economic,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013326493
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The welfare state and the forces of globalization
Sinn, Hans-Werner (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003495794
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Leaky bucket in the real world : estimating inequality aversion using survey data
Pirttilä, Jukka (contributor); Uusitalo, Roope (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003498765
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Welfare stigma in the lab : evidence of social signaling
Friedrichsen, Jana; König, Tobias; Schmacker, Renke - 2017
Using a laboratory experiment, we present first evidence that stigmatization through public exposure causally reduces the take-up of an individually beneficial transfer. Our design exogenously varies the informativeness of the take-up decision by varying whether transfer eligibility is based on...
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Outsourcing, unemployment and welfare policy
Keuschnigg, Christian (contributor);  … - 2008
The paper investigates the consequences of outsourcing of labor intensive activities to low-wage economies. This trend challenges the two basic functions of the welfare state, redistribution and social insurance when private unemployment insurance markets are missing. The main results are: (i)...
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