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Soziale Experimente mit dem Pflegebudget (2004-2008): Konzeption des Evaluationsdesigns
Arntz, Melanie; Spermann, Alexander - 2004
In diesem Beitrag wird das Evaluationskonzept zu den geplanten sozialen Experimenten mit dem so genannten personengebundenen Budget (Pflegebudget) vorgestellt. Das Pflegebudget ist eine Geldleistung, die vom Pflegebedürftigen bzw. Pflegeangehörigen zum bedarfsgerechten Einkauf von...
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Crowding out Informal Care? Evidence from a Social Experiment in Germany
Arntz, Melanie; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2008
This paper evaluates the effects of a professionally assisted consumer-directed program (Personal Budgets) compared to the standard home care programs of the German long-term care insurance. The evaluation makes use of a long-run social experiment at seven different sites with a random...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298695
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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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Wie lässt sich die gesetzliche Pflegeversicherung mit Hilfe personengebundener Budgets reformieren?
Spermann, Alexander; Arntz, Melanie - 2003
Vor dem Hintergrund des steigenden Kostendrucks und eines Rekorddefizits der gesetzlichen Pflegeversicherung von 400 … Mio. – in 2002 setzt die Rürup-Kommission in ihren Reformplänen für die gesetzliche Pflegeversicherung unter anderem auf …
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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 … typically assumed by contributors to recent discussions on the potential labour market effects of welfare reforms in Germany …
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Reforming Social Welfare in Germany: An Applied General Equilibrium Analysis
Schnabel, Reinhold; Gürtzgen, Nicole; Boeters, Stefan - 2003
This paper analyses the effects of a social assistance reform in Germany. In contrast to studies which are based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297343
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Hochschulranglisten als Qualitätsindikatoren im Wettbewerb der Hochschulen
Rincke, Johannes; Kraus, Margit; Büttner, Thiess - 2002
Am Beispiel der Wirtschaftswissenschaften wird untersucht, inwieweit Studierende die Qualität der Fachbereiche bei der Studienortwahl berücksichtigen. Im Rahmen eines Gravitationsansatzes zeigt sich, dass vor allem die Nähe zum Heimatort und die Lebenshaltungskosten am Ort der Hochschule die...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297468
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Innovation and Information Technology in Services
Licht, Georg; Moch, Dietmar - 1997
The missing effect of investments of firms in information and communication technologies on productivity is studied by various recent papers (e.g. Oliner and Sichels 1994, Landauer 1995, Brynjolfsson and Hitt 1996). Several explanations are given for this missing link. Our paper deals with two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297561
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Entry Deterrence in Postal Service Markets
Beschorner, Patrick Frank Ernst - 2007
In this paper we analyze the incentive of the German postal service (Deutsche Post AG, DPAG) to increase quality in the light of the upcoming liberalization of the postal services market. Currently, there would be no incentive for DPAG to increase its quality if the market were not to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297983
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Long-run consequences of informal elderly care and implications of public long-term care insurance
Korfhage, Thorben; Fischer-Weckemann, Björn - 2023
market frictions and the German tax and benefit system. We find that in the absence of Germany's public long-term insurance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014334251