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This paper analyzes the effectiveness of social protection systems in Europe and the US to provide (income) insurance against macro level shocks in terms of automatic stabilizers. We find that automatic stabilizers absorb 38% of a proportional income shock and 47% of an idiosyncratic...
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Im Gefolge der Finanzmarkt- und Wirtschaftskrise hat sich in den USA die Arbeitsmarktlage in einem Ausmaß verschlechtert, das im amerikanischen Sozialsystem wegen der stärkeren Eigenverantwortung nicht vorgesehen ist. Um die krisenbedingten Einkommenslücken zu verringern, hat der Kongress im...
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The partial privatization of the US Social Security system was clearly the top economic policy priority for the new Bush administration. While many famous economists, publicists and politicians support, others reject the partial privatization of the Social Security system. The international...
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