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EU Englargement and the Future of the Welfare State

Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2021

The eastern expansion of the EU resembles German unification in its momentousness. Whereas the latter led to a 26% increase in the population of the Federal Republic, the former will increase the population of the EU by 28% if all ten entry aspirants are accepted. A special problem will be posed...

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Redesigning the welfare state : Germany's current agenda for an activating social assistance

Holzner, Christian; Meister, Wolfgang; Ochel, Wolfgang; … - 2006

reforms in the US, the UK and the rest of Europe, this book will appeal to all labour market researchers, and to those with an … organisations and think tanks with a specialisation on Europe and Germany. …

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Social union, convergence and migration

Sinn, Hans-Werner; Ochel, Wolfgang - 2003

The forces of the market and systems competition bring about economic and social convergence in Europe. There is no … economic convergence. National welfare states will be threatened by the free migration of people in Europe. The race to the …

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[Rezension von: Redesigning the welfare state, Germany's current agenda for an activating social assistance, Hans-Werner Sinn; Christian Holzner; Wolfgang Meister; Wolfgang Ochel;...

Groot, Lucas Franciscus Michaël - In: Journal of income distribution : an international quarterly 17 (2008) 3/4, pp. 115-118

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Can Germany be saved? : the malaise of the world's first welfare state

Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2007

The first shall be last -- How German workers lost their competitive edge -- Trade-union capitalism -- Competing against the welfare state -- The withering East -- Taxes and transfers : the endless loop -- The birth dearth -- EU enlargement, migration, and the new EU constitution -- Rethinking...

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Can Germany be saved? : the malaise of the world's first welfare state

Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2007

A prominent economist argues in this German bestseller that Germany can rescue its sluggish economy by transforming its social welfare system and reforming its labor market and tax structure, offering insights into economic dilemmas experienced by all advanced economies in a time of globalization.