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Culture, diversity, and the welfare state
Gründler, Klaus; Köllner, Sebastian - In: Journal of comparative economics : the journal of the … 48 (2020) 4, pp. 913-932
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012431669
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Resistance is futile? : the impact of disruptive protest in the "silver age of permanent austerity"
Bailey, David J. - In: Socio-economic review 13 (2015) 1, pp. 5-32
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010519919
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The future of welfare services : how worried should we be about Wagner, Baumol and Ageing?
Bergh, Andreas - 2016
redistribution. Baumol's cost disease, Wagner's law, and population ageing are often said to bring challenges for the future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011427870
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Is unconditional basic income a viable alternative to other social welfare measures? : countries give basic education and health care to everyone, and for good reasons - why not ba...
Colombino, Ugo - 2015
Automation and globalization have brought about a tremendous increase in productivity, but also accelerated job destruction, systemic risks, and greater income inequality. Current social policies may not be adequate for achieving the goals of redistributing the gains from automation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429967
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Subsistence level and theory of the welfare state
Eichner, Thomas - 2015
redistribution mechanism of incomes. Sinn (1995) has developed a normative theory of the welfare state in this view. On a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326740
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The end of the consensus? : labour market developments and the politics of retrenchment
Wren, Anne; Rehm, Philipp - In: Socio-economic review 12 (2014) 2, pp. 409-435
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010358861
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Income inequality and redistribution in post-industrial democracies : demographic, economic and political determinants
Huber, Evelyne; Stephens, John D. - In: Socio-economic review 12 (2014) 2, pp. 245-267
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010358934
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Topping up and the political support for social insurance
Bergh, Andreas - 2013
This paper analyzes how the possibility to complement social income insurance schemes with private insurance affects the political support for social insurance. It is shown that political support for social insurance is weakly decreasing in the replacement rate. Policy makers seeking to maintain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010223003
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Social norms on rent seeking and preferences for redistribution
Sabatini, Fabio; Sarracino, Francesco; Yamamura, Eiji - 2014 - Preprint
Empirical studies have shown that preferences for redistribution are significantly correlated with expectations of … significantly and positively affects preferences for redistribution. On the other hand, living in an area where most citizens do not … stigmatize rent seeking, makes men more favourable to redistribution, which may be seen as a social equalizer in an unfair …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010381041
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Migration and the welfare state : the economic power of the non-voter?
Börner, Kira Astrid; Übelmesser, Silke - 2005
redistribution policies. The interaction of the two effects has so far not been analyzed in isolation. We find that the direction of … and redistribution levels. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010365909