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International integration, risk and the welfare state

Andersen, Torben M. - 2002

How does international integration affect the welfare state? Does it call for a leaner or an expanded welfare state? International integration may affect the distortions caused by welfare state activities but also the risks motivating social insurance mechanisms. This paper addresses these...

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Redistribution and insurance in welfare states around the world

Bartels, Charlotte; Neumann, Dirk - 2020

Redistribution across individuals in a one-year-period framework is an empirically intensely studied question. However, a substantial share of annual redistribution might turn out to serve individual insurance in a longer perspective, reducing the level of actual redistribution across...

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

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

sending and receiving countries. In a calibrated multi-country model, we compare the current world to a counterfactual with … that more - not less - high-skilled migration would increase world welfare. …

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How does financial globalization affect risk sharing? : Patterns and channels

Kose, M. Ayhan (contributor); Prasad, Eswar S. (contributor) - 2007

better risk sharing outcomes during the recent period of globalization. Developing countries have, by and large, been shut …In theory, one of the main benefits of financial globalization is that it should allow for more efficient international … risk sharing. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive empirical evaluation of the patterns of risk sharing among …

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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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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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Unintended consequences of welfare cuts on children and adolescents

Dustmann, Christian; Landersø, Rasmus; Andersen, Lars … - 2024

This paper studies the effects of a large welfare benefit reduction on the children in the affected families. The welfare cut targeted adult refugees who received residency in Denmark, and it reduced their disposable income by 30 percent on average over the first five years. We show that...

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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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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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Social protection beyond the bottom billion

Murphy, Susan; Walsh, Patrick Paul - 2014

former reflecting poverty as a risk for a much wider population than is often assumed. Using this analysis, the total stock …

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