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Efficient and inefficient welfare states
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre; Sangnier, Marc - 2011
This paper shows that cross country differences in the generosity and the quality of the welfare state are associated with differences in the trustworthiness of their citizens. We show that generous, transparent and efficient welfare states in Scandinavian countries are based on the civicness of...
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Intergenerational top income mobility in Sweden: a combination of equal opportunity and capitalistic dynasties
Björklund, Anders; Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - 2008
. Using a large dataset of matched father-son pairs in Sweden we are able to obtain results for fractions as small as 0 … top percentile of the population. Our results suggest that Sweden, well-known for its egalitarian achievements, is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269282
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Sweden's pensioners: how they have fared in the roller coaster ride through the past decade and a half of deep recession and economic exuberance
Gustafsson, Björn; Johansson, Mats; Palmer, Edward - 2007
This study analyses the development of the economic well-being of the elderly in Sweden since 1990 - a period … Survey. The elderly were not isolated as pensions were cut, full indexation abandoned and taxes increased during Sweden … elderly. Overall, poverty among the elderly in Sweden remains low in an international perspective and our analysis leads us to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268905
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Migration, redistribution and the universal welfare model
Andersen, Torben M. - 2012
The universal Scandinavian welfare model offers generous tax financed social benefits. The scheme is associated with workfare elements as a targeting device to direct benefits to those considered deserving. Thereby social insurance and egalitarian outcomes are achieved while work incentives and...
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In-work benefits and the Nordic model
Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Tonin, Mirco - 2012
Welfare benefits in the Nordic countries are often tied to employment. We argue that this is one of the factors behind the success of the Nordic model, where a comprehensive welfare state is associated with high employment. In a general equilibrium setting, the underlining mechanism works...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291388
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Social Harmony at the Boundaries of the Welfare State: Immigrants and Social Transfers
Epstein, Gil S.; Hillman, Arye L. - 2000
The social contract of the welfare state can be strained by the arrival of immigrants who receive welfare payments financed by citizens? taxes. We show, however, that the presence of unemployed immigrants receiving welfare payments is consistent with social harmony. The social harmony, which is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262377
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Individual attitudes towards immigrants: welfare-state determinants across countries
Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria - 2006
This paper analyzes welfare-state determinants of individual attitudes towards immigrants - within and across countries - and their interaction with labor-market drivers of preferences. We consider two different mechanisms through which a redistributive welfare system might adjust as a result of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267885
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Flexible outsourcing and the impacts of labour taxation in European Welfare States
Koskela, Erkki; Poutvaara, Panu - 2008
In European Welfare States, unskilled workers are typically unionized, while the wage formation of skilled workers is more competitive. To focus on this aspect, we analyze how flexible international outsourcing and labour taxation affect wage formation, employment and welfare in dual domestic...
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An empirical analysis of the dynamics of the welfare state: the case of benefit morale
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2009
Does the supply of a welfare state create its own demand? Many economic scholars studying welfare arrangements refer to Say's law and insinuate a self-destructive welfare state. However, little is known about the empirical validity of these assumptions and hypotheses. We study the dynamic effect...
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Policies to create and destroy human capital in Europe
Heckman, James Joseph; Jacobs, Bas - 2009
Trends in skill bias and greater turbulence in modern labor markets put wages and employment prospects of unskilled workers under pressure. Weak incentives to utilize and maintain skills over the life-cycle become manifest with the ageing of the population. Reinvention of human capital policies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274258