Data for the United States and countries in Western Europe indicate a negative correlation between the dependency ratio and both labor tax rates and the generosity of social transfers, after controlling for other factors that influence the size of the welfare state. This is despite the increased...

"Social Capital of Old People on the Example of Bialystok Residents" is a book based on theoretical and empirical study, which presents an issue of diagnosing and using of old people social capital in the local and regional development processes. This issue is significant because of the threats...

One of the most (if not the most) highly charged public debates in this country over the past decade has been about the role of economic imperatives in dismantling the foundations of the welfare state set out in the universalist model adopted in the post-war years. Ken Battle in his chapter is...

In the extensive literature that has been dedicated during the past fifteen years to the comparative analysis of the welfare states, a significant number of studies have focused on the identification of the ideal regimes or types, in addition to their empirical validation. The celebrated work,...

Ein Weg, die Versorgung der Bevölkerung mit persönlichen Diensten zu verbessern, ist die steuerliche Anerkennung von privaten Haushalten als Arbeitgeber. Der neue Vorschlag der Bundesregierung weitet zwar den Kreis der begünstigten Haushalte und den geltenden Höchstbetrag auf 24.000 DM pro...