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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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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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Less welfare or fewer foreigners? : immigrant inflows and public opinion towards redistribution and migration policy

Murard, Elie - 2017

I examine the effect of immigrant inflows in Europe on natives' individual attitudes towards redistribution and …

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The welfare state and anti-poverty policy in rich countries

Marx, Ive; Nolan, Brian; Olivera, Javier - 2014

This paper is prepared as a chapter for the Handbook of Income Distribution, Volume 2 (edited by A. B. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon, Elsevier-North Holland, forthcoming). Like the other chapters in the volume (and its predecessor), the aim is to provide a comprehensive review of a particular area...

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The gain from the drain : skill-biased migration and global welfare

Biavaschi, Costanza; Burzyński, Michał; Elsner, Benjamin - 2016

High-skilled workers are four times more likely to migrate than low-skilled workers. This skill bias in migration - often called brain drain - has been at the center of a heated debate about the welfare consequences of emigration from developing countries. In this paper, we provide a global...

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Immigration, search, and redistribution : a quantitative assessment of native welfare

Battisti, Michele; Felbermayr, Gabriel; Peri, Giovanni; … - 2014

We study the effects of immigration on native welfare in a general equilibrium model featuring two skill types, search frictions, wage bargaining, and a redistributive welfare state. Our quantitative analysis suggests that, in all 20 countries studied, immigration attenuates the effects of...

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Non-cash benefits and the distribution of economic welfare

Callan, Tim (contributor); Keane, Claire (contributor) - 2009

Non-cash benefits can have substantial effects on the distribution of economic welfare. Standard approaches to the inclusion of non-cash benefits in broader measures of resources have failed to take adequate account of the pattern of needs associated with the greater use of health and education...

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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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Mandatory volunteer work as fair reciprocity for unemployment and social benefits?

Veldboer, Lex; Kleinhans, Reinout; Ham, Maarten van - 2015

Modern welfare policies are increasingly based on notions of reciprocity. Citizens on welfare benefits have to do something in return, e.g. volunteer work. Notwithstanding general public support, social philosophers have been critical on 'mandatory' activities in community programmes. So far,...

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Welfare states, labor markets, social investment and the digital transformation

Eichhorst, Werner; Hemerijck, Anton; Scalise, Gemma - 2020

Barely having had the time to digest the economic and social aftershocks of the Great Recession, European welfare states are confronted with the even more disruptive coronavirus pandemic as probably, threatening the life of the more vulnerable, while incurring job losses for many as the...

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