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Bulgaria: Selected Issues Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
This Selected Issues paper reviews recent developments in growth and employment in Bulgaria and highlights key constraints to growth suggested by cross-country competitiveness studies. Bulgaria’s GDP has grown substantially since economic and financial stabilization in 1997. The global...
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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 1 (2003) 4, pp. 13-18
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037387
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A Social Union for the EU? Pro: An EU-Level Social Policy
Bertola, Giuseppe - In: CESifo Forum 4 (2003) 4, pp. 35-35
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009150658
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A Social Union for the EU? Contra: Europe Does Not Need a Social Union
Sinn, Hans-Werner - In: CESifo Forum 4 (2003) 4, pp. 36-36
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India's senior citizen's policy and an examination of the life of senior citizens in North Delhi
Ota, Hitoshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
. The social security coverage such as pensions and health insurance was found quite limited among the respondents. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010633406
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Niger; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
Niger understands the need to adopt a long-term strategy capable of optimizing natural and human resources to promote sustainable economic and social development and inclusive growth. The government has renewed planning efforts in the preparation of three principal strategic documents. These...
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European social model – parting of the ways?
Wildmannová, Mirka - Ekonomicko - správní fakulta, Masarykova Univerzita - 2013
The European social model is currently the topic of many scholarly discussions. Most authors (Krebs, Mitchell, Godet, etc.) agree that, due to demographic factors and economic crises, the view of the European welfare state has to be changed. The discussions about the welfare state (Krebs, 2011)...
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A comparative analysis of mandated private pension arrangements
Hyde, Mark; Dixon, John - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) January, pp. 49-62
Purpose – According to one influential set of arguments, the privatization of public pensions has been informed by … cohesion. The paper aims to take issue with this negative characterization of pensions privatization. Design … contrast to the central argument of much of the literature, the privatization of public pensions has not universally or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005081362
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Comparative welfare state impacts on work quality and job satisfaction: A cross-national analysis
Westover, Jonathan H. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 39 (2012) July, pp. 503-525
Purpose – The vast cross-disciplinary literature exploring work quality and job satisfaction has linked worker experiences to many individual, organizational, and social outcomes, yet this research has largely failed to shed much light on why cross-national differences in worker satisfaction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010551550
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Targeting, Universalism, and Single-Mother Poverty: A Multilevel Analysis Across 18 Affluent Democracies
Brady, David; Burroway, Rebekah - In: Demography 49 (2012) 2, pp. 719-746
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