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Contingent convergence: a comparative analysis of activation policies
Eichhorst, Werner; Konle-Seidl, Regina - 2008
The trend towards activation has been one of the major issues in recent welfare and labour market reforms in Europe and the US. Despite considerable initial variation across national models with respect to the scope and intensity of activation, redefining the link between social protection and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269141
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Activation policies in Germany: from status protection to basic income support
Eichhorst, Werner; Grienberger-Zingerle, Maria; … - 2006
This paper provides an overview of the sequential shift towards activating labor market and social policy in Germany. It not only shows the changes in the instruments of active and passives labor market policies but also analyzes the implications of this change for the political economy, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269278
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Women at Work in the United States since 1860: An Analysis of Unreported Family Workers
Chiswick, Barry R.; Robinson, RaeAnn Halenda - 2021
Estimated labor force participation rates among free women in the pre-Civil War period were exceedingly low. This is … due, in part, to cultural or societal expectations of the role of women and the lack of thorough enumeration by Census … takers. This paper develops an augmented labor force participation rate for free women in 1860 and compares it with the …
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