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potentially adversely affects the competition policy pursued in the EU. This paper aims to analyse and evaluate the volume of … state aid granted in the EU countries during the economic crisis and its potential impact on the health of the economy and …
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preferential tax rates in order to gain capital from abroad. A comparative analysis of the income tax rates in the EU countries and … certain tax havens shows that despite the progressive reduction of the rates of these taxes in the EU, the phenomenon of tax … unthreatened. The question arises whether tax competition is a real problem for the EU Member States and if there exist arguments …
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Many European countries have begun (or have announced) programs intended to reduce the growth of entitlement programs, in particular of public pensions. Current costs are high, and the pressures will increase due to population aging and negative incentive effects. This paper focuses on the...
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This paper studies the interrelated roles of health and welfare state policies in the decision to take up disability insurance (DI) benefits due to work disability (WD), defined as the (partial) inability to engage in gainful employment due to physical or mental illness. We exploit the large...
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Population aging and pension reform will have profound effects on international capital markets. First, demographic change alters the time path of aggregate savings within each country. Second this process may be amplified when a pension reform shifts old-age provision towards more pre-funding....
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All across Europe, old age labor force participation has declined dramatically during the last decades. This secular trend coincides with population aging. The European social security systems therefore face a double threat: retirees receive pensions for a longer time while there are less...
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