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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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Von Verbänden zu Parteien: Der Elitenwechsel in der Sozialpolitik
Trampusch, Christine - 2004
Zwischen 1972 und 2002 sind in der deutschen Sozialpolitik die Verflechtungen der Politiker mit dem Bereich der … Sozialpolitik als Beruf aus. Die Sozialpolitiker von heute sind Parteipolitiker, die sich von den Verbänden distanziert haben. …
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Elisabeth Liefmann-Keil: Eine frühe Ordoliberale in dunkler Zeit
Goldschmidt, Nils; Gräfin v. Klinckowstroem, Wendula - 2004
Sozialpolitik", das Elisabeth Liefmann-Keil zu diesem Zeitpunkt veröffentlichte, wurde als Ereignis für die wissenschaftliche … Sozialpolitik (Zöllner 1962: 215) und als Anschluß an die internationale Diskussion gefeiert (vgl. Lampert 1992: 120). Zwar war … "rationale Sozialpolitik" und deren ökonomisch-theoretische Fundierung entbrannt (vgl. Blümle und Goldschmidt 2003a), doch hatten …
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What Do Parties Want? An Analysis of Programmatic Social Policy Aims in Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands
van Dyk, Silke; Seeleib-Kaiser, Martin; Roggenkamp, Martin - 2005
Comparative welfare state research has argued for some time that it makes a difference in regards to the specific welfare state design whether Social Democrats or Christian Democrats are in government. The theory is based on the fact that historically the social policy aims of Social Democrats...
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Mandated benefits, welfare, and heterogeneous firms
Addison, John T.; Barrett, Charles Richard; Siebert, … - 1998
The paper constructs an asymmetric information model to investigate the efficiency and equity cases for government mandated benefits. A mandate can improve workers? insurance, and may also redistribute in favor of more "deserving" workers. The risk is that it may also reduce output. The more...
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