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Does immigration weaken natives' support for the welfare state? Evidence from Germany
Stichnoth, Holger - 2010
Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions where the share of foreigners among the unemployed is high. Unlike previous studies, I use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299930
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Ethnic diversity and attitudes towards redistribution: a review of the literature
Stichnoth, Holger; van der Straeten, Karine - 2009
We review the empirical literature that studies the effect of ethnic diversity on the welfare state and on individual attitudes. The outcome variables that we cover in the survey are on the one hand public spending, and on the other hand individual attitudes and behaviour, including charity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298807
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Does immigration weaken natives' support for the welfare state? Evidence from Germany
Stichnoth, Holger - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions where the share of foreigners among the unemployed is high. Unlike previous studies, I use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615601
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What Drives Giving in Extensive Welfare States? The Case of Germany
Borgloh, Sarah - 2008
welfare state. We address this deficiency by studying the drivers of charitable giving in Germany, a country with a highly … contributions. Our results suggest no significant differences between donors in the US and Germany with respect to income and price …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298705
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Distributional and Behavioural Effects of the German Labour Market Reform
Clauss, Markus; Schnabel, Reinhold - 2008
We estimate the effects of the reform of the German Unemployment Insurance that replaced the wage related Unemployment … impact of the reform. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297991
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Reforming Home Care Provision in Germany: Evidence from a Social Experiment
Arntz, Melanie; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2008
In a long-run social experiment, personal budgets have been tested as an alternative to the home care programs of the German long-term care insurance (LTCI). Due to extending the coverage beyond LTCI approved services and agencies, personal budgets may improve care outcomes compared to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298696
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The social long-term care insurance in Germany: origin, situation, threats, and perspectives
Heinicke, Katrin; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2010
This paper describes the Social Long-Term Care Insurance (SLTCI) in Germany. Based on a short review of the history of … long-term care organization and the preceding laws in Germany, the implementation of the SLTCI as a self-standing pillar … within the system of social insurances in Germany and its set-up with regard to eligibility criteria, service provision and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299987
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Ethnic diversity and attitudes towards redistribution: a review of the literature
Stichnoth, Holger; van der Straeten, Karine - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
We review the empirical literature that studies the effect of ethnic diversity on the welfare state and on individual attitudes. The outcome variables that we cover in the survey are on the one hand public spending, and on the other hand individual attitudes and behaviour, including charity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098315
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Social security strategies and redistributive effects in European social transfer systems
Kraus, Margit - 2000
This paper evaluates the linkage between social security strategies and redistributive effects in EU social transfer systems. It is argued that the various European systems produce different patterns of redistribution that may be explained by the adoption of different mixes of social security...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297703
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Reforming Social Welfare as We Know It? A Microsimulation Study for Germany
Jacobebbinghaus, Peter; Steiner, Viktor - 2003
-specified time limits, are viewed as one important reason for the persistently high level of unemployment in Germany by many … proposals to reform social welfare in the recent German policy debate. We analyse a specific reform proposal with the following … effects of this welfare reform proposal are simulated on the basis of an econometrically estimated partialequilibrium labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297285