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Soziale Sicherung: Ökonomische Analysen
Schmähl, Winfried - 2009
Einführung -- Sozialausgaben -- Konzeptionen sozialer Sicherung: Versicherungsund Steuer-Transfer-System -- Über die Notwendigkeit und Voraussetzungen einer koordinierten staatlichen Verteilungspolitik -- Zielvorstellungen in der Diskussion über die Alterssicherung — Eine Skizze — --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014014694
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012427759
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333561
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011951685
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Origins of the German Welfare State : Social Policy in Germany to 1945
Stolleis, Michael - 2013
L. Leisering: Introduction -- M. Stolleis: Historical Foundations - Social Policy in Germany to 1945: Introduction -- Social Protection in the Middle Ages and in the Early Modern State: Alms, Poor Relief, Care, Social Help -- Social Policy in the German Empire: the Insurance Solution -- The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016277
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003782530
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Growth versus Security : Old and New EU Members’ Quest for a New Economic and Social Model
Bienkowski, Wojciech (ed.); Brada, Josef C. (ed.);  … - 2008
from the US, and presents their insights, observations and research on the future of economic and social models in Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106166
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872704
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054114