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Beyond resilience: Welfare state changes in Austria, Denmark, New Zealand and Switzerland

Obinger, Herbert; Leibfried, Stephan; Bogedan, Claudia; … - 2004

Forms of European multi-level administration show an increased 'defibration' of the state through a shift of functioning onto the European level, onto other transnationally acting member states and onto the level of social self-organisation. At the same time a new 'complexity' is to be observed...

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The State and Poverty Alleviation in Advanced Capitalist Democracies

Moller, Stephanie; Bradley, David; Huber, Evelyne; … - 2001

We analyze the impact of the state on the incidence of poverty in the working-age population of 14 advanced capitalist democracies between 1970 and 1997 using an unbalanced panel design. We utilize poverty measures based on micro-level data from the Luxembourg Income Study in conjunction with...

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Die Zukunft der Langzeitpflege in der Schweiz

Eling, Martin; Elvedi, Mauro - 2019

- und Sparlösungen in der Schweiz - im Unterschied zu anderen Ländern - bis anhin kaum genutzt und wenig diskutiert. Vor …- nanzierung. In einem zweiten Schritt wird eine verbesserte Projektion der Pflegekos- ten für die Schweiz mithilfe der von … Pflegebedürftigen (out-of-pocket Zahlungen) nimmt in der Schweiz im internationalen Vergleich bereits heute einen sehr hohen Anteil der …

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Quantitative Analyse der Auswirkungen wirtschaftspolitischer Massnahmen auf die Einkommensverteilung und das neue magische Viereck in der Schweiz

Hartwig, Jochen - 2004

Macroeconometric policy simulation models allow for an analysis, and, above all, for a quantification of the effects different economic policies have on the various variables that represent the economy. Despite the seminal Lucas critique levelled against them, these models are still widely used,...

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Social security, differential fertility, and the dynamics of the earnings distribution

Zhao, Kai - 2009

Economists and demographers have long argued that fertility differs by income (differential fertility), and that social security creates incentives for people to rear fewer children. Does the effect of social security on fertility differ by income? How does social security change the...

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Child education and work choices in the presence of a conditional cash transfer programme in rural Colombia

Attanasio, Orazio; Fitzsimons, Emla; Gomez, Ana; Lopez, … - 2006

This research is part of a large evaluation effort, undertaken by a consortium formed by IFS, Econometria and SEI, which has considered the effects of Familias en Acción on a variety of outcomes one year after its implementation. In early reports, we focussed on the effects of the programme on...

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Child education and work choices in the presence of a conditional cash transfer programme in rural Columbia

Attanasio, Orazio; Fitzsimons, Emla; Gomez, Ana; Lopez, … - 2006

The paper studies the effects of Familias en Acción, a conditional cash transfer program implemented in rural areas in Colombia since 2002, on school enrolment and child labour. Using a difference-in-difference framework, our results show that the program increased school participation of 14 to...

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Employment policies in Brazil: History, scope and limitations

Gonzalez, Roberto Henrique - 2010

The objective of this paper is to present the main characteristics of the public employment system in Brazil, focusing on its history, scope and current coverage. It seeks to contribute to the debate on social and employment policies, especially as regards creating job opportunities that help...

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Poverty, inequality and social policies in Brazil, 1995-2009

de Souza, Pedro H. G. Ferreira - 2012

Since the mid-1990s, Brazil has undergone extensive reforms that have finally reversed the dismaying economic performance of the 1980s. In particular, poverty and inequality indicators have improved dramatically, especially since the late-2000s. This paper provides an overview of such recent...

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From social safety net to social policy? The role of conditional cash transfers in welfare state development in Latin America

Bastagli, Francesca - 2009

During the 1990s, conditional cash transfers (CCTs) were adopted by countries across Latin America as central elements of their poverty reduction strategies. Alongside other developments in the area of social assistance, CCTs represent an opportunity for countries to develop an integrated and...

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