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Welfare states, labor markets, social investment and the digital transformation
Eichhorst, Werner; Hemerijck, Anton; Scalise, Gemma - 2020
chapter explores how Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, in terms of the strengths and vulnerabilities of their labour market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239520
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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 … readjustment', we do not see austerity policies in Germany, rather a continuation of the path that was adopted earlier. This can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333561
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Sozioökonomische Determinanten extremistischer Wahlerfolge in Deutschland : das Beispiel der Europawahlen 1994 und 1999
Rotte, Ralph; Steininger, Martin - 2000
Germany. We use a new data set on the level of German counties (Kreise) that is analyzed econometrically by a FGLS random …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339684
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Subjective well-being and public policy
Odermatt, Reto; Stutzer, Alois - 2017
Measures of subjective well-being have gained substantial attention in economics as quantitative approximations of individual welfare. They allow researchers to study relevant determinants of welfare on an individual as well as on a societal level. These determinants might not to be easily...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011743539
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Generating legitimacy for labor market and welfare state reforms : the role of policy advice in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden
Eichhorst, Werner (contributor); Wintermann, Ole (contributor) - 2005
structured and to what it extent it could influence actual policy-making in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden over the last …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003285403
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Employer preferences and social policy : business and the development of job security regulations in Germany since World War I
Emmenegger, Patrick; Marx, Paul - 2010
This article examines the role of business in the historical development of job security regulations in Germany from … business weakness in the aftermath of both World Wars. -- Job security regulations ; Germany ; institutional change ; varieties …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003986342
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Baby bumps and abortion drop : unpacking fertility trends during COVID-19 in Germany
Bujard, Martin; Huebener, Mathias - 2024
perspective is rarely taken yet. In contrast to many other countries, Germany has reached above-average fertility rates in the …-depth investigation of changes in births and abortions in Germany from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic up to the end of 2021, with a … fertility patterns contrast with trends in many high-income countries. We argue that Germany's robust social policies were …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015125140
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The truly vulnerable : integrating wealth into the measurement of poverty and social policy effectiveness
Kuypers, Sarah; Marx, Ive - 2017
There is a burgeoning literature on the significance and distribution of wealth in the rich world. It mainly focuses on the top. Wealth remains remarkably absent from the analysis of poverty and the redistributive effectiveness of welfare systems. This paper shows that real and financial assets...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011737502
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The tragedy of clientelism : opting children out
Ronconi, Lucas; Zarazaga, Rodrigo - 2017
Governments in new democracies launch social policies with the purported goal of alleviating the effects of poverty among the most vulnerable households, usually low income families with children. However, this goal is can be thwarted by the clientelistic distribution of social policies'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731872
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Missing the target : does increased capacity of the local government improve beneficiary selection?
Asri, Viola; Biswas, Kumar; Fehrler, Sebastian; … - 2024
The implementation of social policies is often hampered by the fact that local decision-makers may be unwilling or unable to implement the policy as intended by the central government. In contrast to research that focuses on incentivizing and holding local decision makers accountable, we examine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015075901