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Does the rise of China lead to the fall of European welfare states?
Barth, Erling; Finseraas, Henning; Kjelsrud, Anders; … - 2021
Have recent trends in globalization changed the positive link between trade openness and social insurance? The consensus view - that voters want better social insurance against income loss the more open the economy - is seemingly contested by the rise of populism and the China shock. We present...
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Are there austerity‐related policy changes in Germany?
Eichhorst, Werner; Hassel, Anke - 2015
This paper assesses the existence and the extent of austerity‐oriented policies in Germany in the aftermath of the 2008‐9 recession. In contrast to the intensive phase of labour market and welfare state reforms in the early 2000s aimed at 'welfare readjustment', we do not see austerity...
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Employment to output elasticities & reforms towards flexicurity : evidence from OECD countries
Görg, Holger; Hornok, Cecília; Montagna, Catia; … - 2018
How do labour market policies influence employment's responsiveness to output fluctuations (employment-output elasticity)? We revisit this question on a panel of OECD countries, which also incorporates the period of the Great Recession. We distinguish between passive and active labour market...
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Die Familie - ein Ersatz für das Sozialsystem
Andres, Gerd; Brauksiepe, Ralf; Meier, Volker - In: Ifo-Schnelldienst 59 (2006) 18, pp. 3-18
für das Sozialsystem sein. Vielmehr sollte sie umfassend durch soziale Leistungen und familienfreundliche Sozialpolitik in …, unterstreicht, dass die Familie staatliche Fürsorgeleistungen nicht ersetzen könne, aber auch der Sozialstaat auf die solidarischen …
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Welfare and employment : a European dilemma?
Eichhorst, Werner (contributor);  … - 2008
The majority of the Member States of the European Union have undertaken remarkably comprehensive welfare and labor market reforms in the years since the 1990s. Many of these reforms, however, have not followed the conventional retrenchment and deregulation recipes, but rather took a liking to...
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Minimum income support systems as elements of crisis resilience in Europe
Eichhorst, Werner; Krause-Pilatus, Annabelle; Marx, Paul; … - 2023
dualisms in Continental Europe. The study shows that MIS holds particular importance if there are gaps in upstream systems or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250070
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Immigration to the land of redistribution
Boeri, Tito - 2009
Negative perceptions about migrants in Europe, the Continent with the largest social policy programmes, are driven by … perceptions about migrants in Europe. Based on a simple model of the perceived fiscal effects of migration and on a largely … dilemma facing Europe involves i. co-ordinating safety nets across the EU, ii. adopting explicitly selective migration …
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Retirement patterns of couples in Europe
Hospido, Laura; Zamarro, Gema - 2014
Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe. In particular we test whether women's (men's) transitions out of the labor force are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010239271
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Die Vorschläge der Kommission zur Finanzierung der gesetzlichen Krankenkassen - Bürgerversicherung oder Kopfprämien?
Kifmann, Mathias; Wambach, Achim; Wigger, Berthold U. - In: Ifo-Schnelldienst 56 (2003) 10, pp. 3-10
Das gegenwärtige Finanzierungssystem der Gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (GVK) steht auf der Kippe. Die "Kommission für die Nachhaltigkeit der Finanzierung der Sozialen Sicherungssysteme", besser bekannt als Rürup-Kommission, hat zwei verschiedene Finanzierungskonzepte vorgeschlagen: die...
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Reform des deutschen Gesundheitswesens : Bürgerversicherung oder Pauschalbeiträge?
Osterkamp, Rigmar - In: Ifo-Schnelldienst 56 (2003) 10, pp. 11-14
Während die Arbeit der Rürup-Kommission über die Zukunft der deutschen Sozialversicherungssysteme, speziell über die der Krankenversicherung, in ihre entscheidende Phase trat, veranstalteten die Akademie für Politische Bildung, Tutzing und das ifo Institut Ende März eine dreitägige...
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