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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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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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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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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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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297307
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297407
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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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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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Die Evolution der bundesdeutschen Forschungs- und Technologiepolitik: Rückblick und Bestandsaufnahme
Fier, Andreas; Harhoff, Dietmar - 2001
In Deutschland beanspruchen gleich zwei Ressorts, das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) sowie das … Förderinstrumentariums zu dem Schluss, dass insbesondere die Wirkungsforschung in Deutschland noch unterentwickelt ist und vor neuen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297798