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Towards a European Union of Social Investment Welfare States
Hemerijck, Anton - In: Intereconomics 58 (2023) 5, pp. 233-239
-and-now redistribution rather than social investment? This Forum examines current examples and offers concrete lessons to shape future policy …
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A Social Union for the EU? Pro: An EU-Level Social Policy
Bertola, Giuseppe - In: CESifo Forum 04 (2003) 4, pp. 35
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A Social Union for the EU? Contra: Europe Does Not Need a Social Union
Sinn, Hans-Werner - In: CESifo Forum 04 (2003) 4, pp. 36
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Supports for Working Families: Work and Care Policies across Welfare States
Gornick, Janet C.; Meyers, Marcia K. - In: CESifo DICE Report 01 (2003) 4, pp. 13-18
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The European Social Model: Lessons for Developing Countries
Lindbeck, Assar - 2002
Developing countries, in particular the least developed ones, probably have more to learn from social policies in Europe during the early 20th century than from the elaborate welfare-state arrangements after World War II. In addition to macro­economic growth and stability, the main ambitions...
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Financing the lifecycle or mitigating poverty: Redistribution in the Hungarian welfare system by age and income
Gál, Róbert Iván; Medgyesi, Márton - 2017
There seems to be a general consent in the expert community that Hungarian social policy provides poorly targeted benefits and services that are prone to Mattheweffects. Our results confirm this observation but we also find that the data offer an alternative interpretation of what the Hungarian...
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Ethnic diversity and attitudes towards redistribution: a review of the literature
Stichnoth, Holger; van der Straeten, Karine - 2009
We review the empirical literature that studies the effect of ethnic diversity on the welfare state and on individual attitudes. The outcome variables that we cover in the survey are on the one hand public spending, and on the other hand individual attitudes and behaviour, including charity...
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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...
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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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Preferences for Redistribution among Emigrantsfrom a Welfare State
Kauppinen, Ilpo; Poutvaara, Panu - 2012
This paper studies attitudes towards income redistribution in the country of originamong those who stay in a welfare … increasing incomeredistribution, while majority of women supports it. Women are somewhat more positivetowards redistribution also … redistribution are driven bybeliefs about the determinants of individual success, generalized trust, assimilation tothe new home …
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