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Competing Social Models in the Global Economy

Sørensen, Peter Birch - In: CESifo Forum 12 (2011) 3, pp. 21-28

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Five years of social security reform in the UK

Brewer, Mike; Clark, Tom; Wakefield, Matthew - 2002

The current Labour Government was elected in 1997 with few specific social security proposals. This paper argues that after five years, consistent trends in social security policy have emerged: there is a willingness to increase benefits; a “work-first” focus; increasing centrality for...

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Krise und Reform des Sozialstaates - Die ökonomische und die ethische Dimension

Becker, Christian; Joest, Frank - 2006

Dieses Papier verdeutlicht die zentrale Bedeutung normativer Aspekte im Zusammenhang mit ökonomischen Empfehlungen zur Reform der deutschen Sozialsysteme und leitet hieraus eine besondere Relevanz der Wirtschaftsethik in diesem Rahmen ab. Wir identifizieren die ethische Dimension der...

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Kann der Sozialstaat gerettet werden?

Lampert, Heinz - 2003

grundsätzlich in Frage gestellte Sozialstaat vor einem Abbau seiner wesentlichen Substanz bewahrt werden kann. Nach einer Definition … europäischen Raum zu verhindern, den Sozialstaat von Übertreibungen und offensichtlichen Ineffizienzen zu befreien und eine …Referring to publications of his own from previous years on the crisis and reform of the German ?Sozialstaat? (welfare …

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Explaining Reform Deadlocks

Heinemann, Friedrich - 2004

Countries are often slow to adjust their economic structures to new necessities although this reform reluctance is costly in terms of growth and employment. This paper analyses the relevant factors that block or foster economic reforms. Theoretical considerations show that there are at least...

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Does Eviction Cause Poverty? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Cook County, IL

Humphries, John Eric; Mader, Nicholas; Tannenbaum, Daniel; … - 2019

Each year, more than two million U.S. households have an eviction case filed against them. Many cities have recently implemented policies aimed at reducing the number of evictions, motivated by research showing strong associations between being evicted and subsequent adverse economic outcomes....

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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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Saving social security

Lane, Edward - 2024

For more than 25 years, the Social Security Trust Fund has been projected to run out of money in 2033 (give or take a few years), potentially causing benefits to be severely reduced in the absence of corrective legislative action. Today (February 2024), projections are made by the Social...

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Finland's public sector balance sheet

Brede, Maren; Henn, Christian - In: Baltic Journal of Economics 19 (2019) 1, pp. 176-194

We construct comprehensive public sector balance sheets for Finland for 2000-2016 by complementing general government statistics with data on public corporations and pensions. These static balance sheets show that Finland's public sector net worth at end 2016 was - 160 percent of GDP, after...

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Altersarmut und Sozialpolitik: Warum das Rentenpaket der Großen Koalition wenig zur Armutsbekämpfung beiträgt

Butterwegge, Christoph - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 83 (2014) 2, pp. 69-81

Obwohl sich die Zahl der Menschen, die Grundsicherung im Alter beziehen, seit Einführung dieser Transferleistung im Jahr 2003 beinahe verdoppelt hat, Ende 2012 bereits knapp 465 000 Ältere im Durchschnitt mit etwas mehr als 700 Euro pro Monat auskommen mussten und die Dunkelziffer der...

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