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Dignity and the Burden of the Welfare State

Karlson, Nils - Ratioinstitutet - 2004

human dignity. Consequently, if we want to promote economic efficiency, growth and dignity the size of the state should be …

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Die Arbeitslosenversicherung in Deutschland – Beitrag zur Bekämpfung oder Ursache von Arbeitslosigkeit

Breiding, Torsten - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

der Probleme auf dem Arbeitsmarkt zu sein. Um Deutschland wettbewerbsfähig zu halten, versuchen die politischen … schaffen. Doch wie effizient sind diese Reformen und wie wirken sie auf den Arbeitsmarkt? Welche Rolle spielen dabei die … auf dem Arbeitsmarkt sollen die Wirkungen der Arbeitslosenversicherung kausal darstellen. Konjunkturbedingte Veränderungen …

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China’s Great Convergence and Beyond

Storesletten, Kjetil; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - In: Annual Review of Economics 6 (2014) 1, pp. 333-362

review a comprehensive theory of its economic transition. Finally, we discuss China’s future. In particular, we review some …

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Liberté, justice et efficacité : distribution, impôts et transferts optimaux

Kolm, Serge-Christophe - In: Revue économique 57 (2006) 1, pp. 55-84

« Social freedom » and the respect of corresponding rights, as well as Pareto efficiency (a priori required by …

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Objective Measures of Well-Being and the Cooperative Production Problem.

Gaspart, F. - Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Sociales et de … - 1996

The concern for measuring well-being objectively (as opposed to subjectively, that is, relying only on preferences) is found in modern political philosophy, especially in J. Rawls's, A. Sen's and G. Cohen's thoughts. This paper explains the implications of using an objective well-being index as...

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Does Aid to Families with Dependent Children Displace Familial Assistance?

Schoeni, R-F - Labor and Population Program, RAND - 1996

Proponents of reducing welfare assistance argue that the family would respond to the increased need of single mothers by providing more assistance if the state lowered welfare benefits. The objective of this study is to estimate whether income received from AFDC displaces private familial...

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Social equality and state welfare effort: More income-equality, no more equality in quality of life

Veenhoven, Ruut - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1992

Cross-national studies on happiness have focused on differences in level of happiness. The focus of this paper is on spread in happiness in the nation, also called ‘inequality in happiness’. Inequality in happiness in nations can be measured by the size of the standard deviation of responses...

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Dimensione e dinamica della povertà nell’Unione Europea dopo l’allargamento: un’analisi comparata delle determinanti dei movimenti delle famiglie

Polin, Veronica; Raitano, Michele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

The paper analyses the static and dynamic risk of poverty in the enlarged European Union. In the first part of the paper an overview of cross-sectional poverty rates in 25 European Member States (apart from Romania and Bulgaria) using several indexes is presented and assessed. In the second...

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Social Protection in the Mekong: policy trends and future directions

Cousins, Mel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

The paper analyses the current and possible future development of social protection systems in three Mekong countries: Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam. The three countries are at differing levels of development but face a number of shared challenges including poverty and malnutrition, climate...

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Seebohm Rowntree and the Post-War Poverty Puzzle

Bailey, Roy E; Hatton, Timothy J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

In his third social survey of York carried out in 1950, Seebohm Rowntree reported a steep decline since 1936 of the percentage of households in poverty. He attributed the bulk of this decline to government welfare reforms enacted during and after the War. Some observers have been uneasy about...

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