Die zentrale Stoßrichtung dieser Arbeit ist es, Wege für eine erfolgreiche Familienpolitik aufzuzeigen. Basierend auf einem 16-Ländersample und unter Zuhilfenahme des neuen MVQCA-Ansatzes (eine Weiterentwicklung der QCA-Methode) werden unterschiedliche europäische familienpolitische...

Die zentrale Stoßrichtung dieser Arbeit ist es, Wege für eine erfolgreiche Familienpolitik aufzuzeigen. Basierend auf einem 16-Ländersample und unter Zuhilfenahme des neuen MVQCA-Ansatzes (eine Weiterentwicklung der QCA-Methode) werden unterschiedliche europäische familienpolitische...

Die zentrale Stoßrichtung dieser Arbeit ist es, Wege für eine erfolgreiche Familienpolitik aufzuzeigen. Basierend auf einem 16-Ländersample und unter Zuhilfenahme des neuen MVQCA-Ansatzes (eine Weiterentwicklung der QCA-Methode) werden unterschiedliche europäische familienpolitische...

Some people make great claims about the advantages to be gained from greater reliance on the private sector for the provision of social protection. Many of the claims for great macroeconomic advantages do not stand up to scrutiny. However, there is some reason to hope that private provision...

Some people make great claims about the advantages to be gained from greater reliance on the private sector for the provision of social protection. Many of the claims for great macroeconomic advantages do not stand up to scrutiny. However, there is some reason to hope that private provision...

This paper uses income and expenditure surveys from 1992 to 2014 and public tax and spending accounts to estimate the redistributive impact of Mexico's fiscal system over this period. It presents standard and marginal benefit incidence analysis for the principal public transfers (education,...

This paper studies the incidence of public social sector expenditures in Peru using the traditional methods of benefit incidence analysis and several extensions of those methods. The data in Peru are unusually rich, with information on detailed social programs and a series of representative...

This dissertation investigates three understudied components of the social safety net and their effects on household purchasing. In the first chapter, I estimate the effect of the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) on household food spending. The SFSP is intended to serve low-income children who...

This paper explores the capability of the state to affect the individual's decision to work for free. For this purpose we combine individual-level data from the European and World Values Survey with macroeconomic and political variables for OECD member countries. Empirically we identify three...

The non take-up of social assistance bene?ts due to claim costs may seriously limit the anti-poverty eÞect of these programs. Yet, available evidence is fragmented and mostly relies on interview-based data, potentially biased by misreporting and measurement errors on both bene?t entitlement and...