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 …

Regarding social needs in Germany long-term care is an important issue due to an ageing population. Shrinking social … introduced in Germany. In recent years some drawbacks of the social long-term care insurance structure turned out to be in need …"Regarding social needs in Germany long-term care is an important issue due to an ageing population. Shrinking social …

place in Germany, towards a more Anglo-American system in which a large proportion of transfers are paid to the working poor …

structured and to what it extent it could influence actual policy-making in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden over the last …

principles, instruments, target groups and governance in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the …

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 …

In this article, I study state dependence in social assistance receipt in Germany using annual survey data from the … persistence rates and the absolute level of structural state dependence are higher in Eastern Germany than in Western Germany. I …