The Ifo Institute has worked out a detailed proposal to reform the system of welfare benefits and made estimates regarding the consequences for employment, distribution of income and fiscal costs. The Ifo proposal aims at making the German labour market functional again without lowering the...

Der Artikel beschäftigt sich mit den möglichen Folgen der Einwanderung, die nach einer Osterweiterung der Europäischen Union auftreten könnten. Es werden mögliche Einwandererzahlen, zeitliche Einschränkungen und die Vor- und Nachteile einer Einwanderung in die derzeitigen EU- Länder...

Redesigning the Welfare State argues that the current high level of unemployment in Germany not only creates a major challenge for the German welfare state, but is to a good extent caused by the way the country's welfare system is designed. - The authors review the public debate on labour market...

The study investigates the consequences of EU Eastern enlargement for labour markets and public finances in Germany. The potential for immigration to Germany from the five largest candidate countries in CEE is forecasted building on econometric estimates. Then, the opportunities and problems...

Social insurance and other arrangements for funding health-care benefits often establish long-term relationships, effectively providing insurance against lasting changes in an individual's health status, engaging in burden-smoothing over the life cycle, and entailing additional elements of...

Cover -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1 Fertility and Public Policy -- 2 The Economics of the Family and Its Policy Implications -- 3 Low Fertility and Population Aging in Germany and Japan -- 4 Effects of Public Policies and Labor Market on the Fertility of...