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Crisis resilience of European welfare states : the role of multiple layers of protection

Eichhorst, Werner; Krause-Pilatus, Annabelle; Dolls, Mathias - 2024

dualisms in Continental Europe. The study shows that minimum income support holds particular importance if there are gaps in …

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Southern European Welfare States : Problems, Challenges and Prospects

Katrunkalos, Giōrgos S.; Lazaridis, Gabriella - 2003

analysis of the welfare state in Southern Europe which challenges the prevalent Ferrera model. Additionally, they present a …

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Soziale Sicherung: Ökonomische Analysen

Schmähl, Winfried - 2009

Reform der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung—der Stein der Weisen? -- Die Finanzierungsstruktur in der Sozialversicherung …

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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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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 …

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Social security expansion and neighborhood cohesion : evidence from community-living older adults in China

Bradley, Elizabeth H.; Chen, Xi; Tang, Gaojie - 2019

Grants and services provided by the government may crowd out informal arrangements, thus weakening informal caring relations and networks. In this paper, we examine the impact of social security expansion on neighborhood cohesion of elders using China's New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS), one of...

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Migration, Sozialstaat und Zuwanderungspolitik

Bauer, Thomas K. - 2002

Im Rahmen dieses Beitrags wird die Frage analysiert, ob ein großzügig ausgestalteter Sozialstaat zusätzliche …

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Financing social security : simulating different welfare state systems for Germany

Löffler, Caroline; Peichl, Andreas - 2009

In Germany, there is an ongoing debate about how to increase the efficiency of the social security system and especially its financing. The aim of this paper is to simulate different financing systems for Germany. The introduction of a Liberal British or the Southern Greek financing system...

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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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Economic Policy for a Social Europe : A Critique of Neo-liberalism and Proposals for Alternatives

Huffschmid, Jörg (ed.) - 2005

This book poses a critique of neoliberal economic polices in the EU and proposals for alternatives. The book argues that the economic weakness of the EU is the result of the very restrictive economic policy of the Union and most member states. The book advances from a comprehensive critique of...

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