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The Labour Market and the Job Miracle
Heckman, James J.; Agell, Jonas; Gertser, Florian; … - In: CESifo Forum 04 (2003) 2, pp. 29-48
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Germany's social security system under strain
Siebert, Horst - 2003
Germany's social security system is surveyed, its benefits and contributions are discussed. The expansion of this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265579
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Does immigration weaken natives' support for the welfare state? Evidence from Germany
Stichnoth, Holger - 2010
Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions where the share of foreigners among the unemployed is high. Unlike previous studies, I use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299930
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Does Immigration Weaken Natives' Support for the Welfare State? Evidence from Germany
Stichnoth, Holger - 2010
Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions where the share of foreigners among the unemployed is high. Unlike previous studies, I use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600915
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Prospects for the Welfare State
Lindbeck, Assar - 2008
It is useful to distinguish between exogenous and endogenous factors behind contemporary and expected future problems for the welfare state. This paper tries to identify major problems of both types and to indicate alternative reform possibilities to deal with them. At the same time as several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320128
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An Essay on Welfare State Dynamics
Lindbeck, Assar - 2003
The expansion of welfare-state arrangements is seen as the result of dynamic interaction between market behaviour and political behaviour, often with considerable time lags, sometimes generating either virtuous or vicious circles. Such interaction may also involve induced (endogenous) changes in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320185
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Welfare State Reforms and the Political Business Cycle
Petring, Alexander - In: CESifo DICE Report 08 (2010) 2, pp. 47-52
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Surveying the welfare state: challenges, policy development and causes of resilience
Stiller, Sabina - 2007
This paper takes a closer look at the supposed mechanisms behind German welfare state resilience, which are given in mainstream institutionalist theories. I focus on reform hurdles associated with the make-up of the German welfare state, both at the macro-level (principles) as well as at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298552
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How labour ended up taxing itself: the political consequences of a century of self-transformation of the German welfare state
Kemmerling, Achim - 2009
This paper investigates the long-term evolution of the tax system in Germany to explain why the political left has … system is very different and taxes labour much less than in Germany. In this sense the British selftransformation of the … langfristige Entwicklung des Steuersystems in Deutschland und erklärt, warum die politische Linke sich in zunehmendem Maße selbst …
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Der Sozialstaat der Zukunft - mehr Markt weniger Staat
Berthold, Norbert - 2001
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