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Immigrants and welfare programmes : exploring the interactions between immigrant characteristics, immigrant welfare dependence and welfare policy
Barrett, Alan (contributor); McCarthy, Yvonne (contributor) - 2008
The primary purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the papers within the economics literature that have examined the questions of immigrant welfare use and the responsiveness of immigrants to the incentives created by welfare systems. While our focus is largely on papers looking at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003716533
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Immigrants and welfare programmes : exploring the interactions between immigrant characteristics, immigrant welfare dependence, and welfare policy
Barrett, Alan; McCarthy, Yvonne - In: Oxford review of economic policy 24 (2008) 3, pp. 542-559
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003808365
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Immigrants and welfare programmes : exploring the interactions between immigrant characteristics, immigrant welfare dependence and welfare policy
Barrett, Alan (contributor); McCarthy, Yvonne (contributor) - 2008
The primary purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the papers within the economics literature that have examined the questions of immigrant welfare use and the responsiveness of immigrants to the incentives created by welfare systems. While our focus is largely on papers looking at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003746746
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The new governance of welfare states in the United States and Europe : between decentralization and centralization in the activation era
López-Santana, Mariely - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013547609
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Making the Outsiders-Welfare Connection : How the Otherization of Welfare Affects Public Opinion on Social Assistance in the US and UK
Flye, Rayna - 2010
This paper addresses the relationship between diversity and public support for welfare, with the question: is support for the welfare state in the US and UK dependent upon who the perceived recipients are? I specifically examine whether negative attitudes towards out-groups (minorities) coupled...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014045456
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Automatic stabilizers and economic crisis : US vs. Europe
Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2009
This paper analyzes the effectiveness of the tax and transfer systems in the European Union and the US to act as an automatic stabilizer in the current economic crisis. We find that automatic stabilizers absorb 38 per cent of a proportional income shock in the EU, compared to 32 per cent in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003879344
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Wie wirken die automatischen Stabilisatoren in der Wirtschaftskrise? : Deutschland im Vergleich mit der EU und den USA
Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2009
Europäischen Union und in den USA in der aktuellen Wirtschaftskrise. Dazu werden zwei Szenarien simuliert: erstens ein … absorbiert werden, verglichen mit 32 % in den USA. Im Fall des Beschäftigungsschocks ist der Unterschied zwischen Europa und den … USA deutlich größer: 48 % in der EU und lediglich 34 % in den USA. Unter der Annahme, dass nur die Nachfrage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003879733
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Public transfer to the poor : is Europe really more generous than the United States?
Collado, María Dolores; Iturbe-Ormaetxe, Iñigo - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003871454
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Wie wirken die automatischen Stabilisatoren in der Wirtschaftskrise? : Deutschland im Vergleich zu anderen EU-Staaten und den USA
Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - In: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik : eine Zeitschrift … 11 (2010) 2, pp. 132-145
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003980290
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Automatic stabilisers and economic crisis : US vs Europe
Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2010
This paper analyzes the effectiveness of the tax and transfer systems in the European Union and the US to act as an automatic stabilizer in the current economic crisis. We find that automatic stabilizers absorb 38 per cent of a proportional income shock in the EU, compared to 32 per cent in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003989856