This paper explores the capability of the state to affect the individual's decision to work for free. For this purpose we combine individual-level data from the European and World Values Survey with macroeconomic and political variables for OECD member countries. Empirically we identify three...

This paper explores the capability of the state to affect the individual's decision to work for free. For this purpose we combine individual-level data from the European and World Values Survey with macroeconomic and political variables for OECD member countries. Empirically we identify three...

Der Umfang der sozialen Sicherung wird für Deutschland stark vereinfacht durch die Sozialleistungsquote beschrieben. Vor dem Hintergrund der aktuellen Reformdiskussion ist die amtliche Berichterstattung aber nur sehr bedingt aussagefähig: Zum einen wurden die Daten nur verspätet und in...

Thomas Straubhaar und Ingrid Hohenleitner skizzieren das Modell eines bedingungslos gewährten Grundeinkommens. Sie zeigen, dass es auch für Deutschland finanzierbar ist. Sie sehen im Grundeinkommen die Chance, den Staatshaushalt nachhaltig zu sanieren und den Sozialstaat auch für künftige...

The public economic burden of shifting trends in population health remains uncertain. Sustained increases in obesity, diabetes, and other diseases could reduce life expectancy - with a concomitant decrease in the public-sector's annuity burden - but these savings may be offset by worsening...

The notion of flexicurity promotes the idea of compensation of labour market deregulation (= flexibilization) with advantages in employment and social security. The paper contains a brief history of the concept and its operational definition. To monitor effects of flexicurity policies in Europe,...

This paper reviews the current state of and challenges facing social protection in the Philippines. It describes the social protection institutions and the schemes that have been developed throughout the years. It also provides an assessment focusing on coverage, administration, and management....

It is well-known that individuals born in different periods of time (cohorts)exhibit different wealth accumulation paths. While previous studies have usedcohort dummies to proxy for this fact, research in this area suffers from aserious identification problem, i.e., how to disentangle age, time,...

Aims: We analyzed the redistributive outcomes for sickness benefits using a typology of social insurance institutions compared to external factors for sickness risk. Material: Unbalanced panel data of the Luxembourg Income Study on household earnings, sickness benefits and labour force...