Elementary schooling in North America in the early 20th century underwent major changes with the spread of graded schools with multiple classrooms and teachers to semi-urban and rural areas. Detailed schooling records from British Columbia indicate that pupil attendance responded strongly to the...

The present economic crisis comes against the background of decades of policy changesthat have generally weakened the capacity of social safety nets to offer citizens withadequate resources for financial survival when labour markets fail to do so. Building on datafor 24 European Union countries,...

Dieser Beitrag geht der Frage nach, wie Wissenschaft als Wissenschaft in einer Gesellschaftwirksam werden kann, wenn die Ideen der öffentlichen Meinung über die Gestaltungsmöglichkeitender Gesellschaftspolitik entscheiden. Die These dieses Beitragslautet, dass Ludwig von Mises‘...

Work, in all its manifestations and with its very different returns, is an indispensable featureof human existence. Consequently, labour policy and social policy are concerned with shapingthe immediate conditions of everyday life. The composite term "labour and social standards"indicates that...

Nach Erläuterung von Gegenstand, Zielen und Vorgehensweise wird im ersten Teil, Eigen- schaften der Wirtschafts- und Finanzordnung der natürlichen Welt, die Hypothese einer wohl funktionierenden Wirtschafts- und Finanzordnung in der natürlichen Welt begründet, die nicht bloß auf den...

Dieser Beitrag geht der Frage nach, wie Wissenschaft als Wissenschaft in einer Gesellschaftwirksam werden kann, wenn die Ideen der öffentlichen Meinung über die Gestaltungsmöglichkeitender Gesellschaftspolitik entscheiden. Die These dieses Beitragslautet, dass Ludwig von Mises‘...

Given the emphasis in recent welfare economics, political philosophy andsocial policy on the concept of opportunity, the need to find a way ofdifferentiating between outcomes that are the result of choice and outcomesthat are the results of constraint has become pressing. But all approaches...

In the past decade there has been a minor revolution in how local services are funded.Those delivering the services now have their own budgets. How these budgets arecalculated – how Whitehall pulls the purse strings – are now central issues in social policy.In a new book, CASE members...

Reform of the welfare state is at the centre of political debate. In a new book, CASEmembers analyse changes in social policies over the last twenty-five years, trends inspending, outcomes of policies, and impacts on institutions and families.The stereotypes of both left and right are wrong....