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Extreme working hours in Western Europe and North America : a new aspect of polarization

Burger, Anna S. - 2015

This paper analyzes the trends and root causes of extreme working hours in sixteen Western European countries, Canada, and the United States between 1970 and 2010. Earlier literature has revealed increasing trends in extreme working hours in the United States and recognized the negative...

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Patterns of welfare dependence before and after a reform : evidence from first generation immigrants and natives in Germany

Riphahn, Regina T.; Wunder, Christoph - In: The review of income and wealth : journal of the … 59 (2013) 3, pp. 437-459

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German stagnation versus Swedish progression : gender wage gaps in comparison, 1960 - 2006

Gärtner, Svenja - In: Scandinavian economic history review 62 (2014) 2, pp. 137-162

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Emotional regimes in the political economy of the "welfare service state" : the case of continuing education and active inclusion in Germany

Betzelt, Sigrid; Bode, Ingo - 2022

qualitative case studies conducted in two regions of Germany, and our research concept borrows from different bodies of theory …

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EU enlargement, migration, and lessons from German unification

Sinn, Hans-Werner - 1999

The paper studies the role of international implications after EU enlargement. Based on a formal model with migration costs for both capital and labor, it predicts a two-sided migration from the new to the old EU countries which is later reversed. As the migration pattern chosen by market forces...

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Happiness and the welfare state in times of globalization : a review of empirical findings

Heß, Alexander - 2020

The welfare state has long been under debate. Besides various theoretical discussions, it has often been empirically investigated regarding its effects on inequality and economic growth. With the advent of the scientific field of happiness research, scholars began to discuss the welfare state's...

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Challenging varieties of capitalism's account of business interests : neoliberal think-tanks, discourse as a power resource and employers' quest for liberalization in Germany and S...

Kinderman, Daniel - In: Socio-economic review 15 (2017) 3, pp. 587-613

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The probability of poverty for mothers after childbirth and divorce in Europe : the role of social stratification and tax-benefit policies

Popova, Daria; Navickė, Jekaterina - 2019

This paper looks at the effects of tax-benefit systems and social stratification determinants on the probability of poverty among mothers after childbirth and divorce/separation. The analysis was carried out for twelve EU countries, which represent a variety of welfare regimes providing...

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Testing preferences for basic income

Kuss, Ana Helena Palermo - 2019

Inspired by Fröhlich and Oppenheimer (1990), an experimental survey in the lab was designed to find out if preferences for three different redistribution schemes differ under a veil of ignorance. The three schemes are a stylized version of the status quo German welfare state (A), a control...

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From private to religious patriarchy : gendered consequences of faith-based welfare provision in Germany

Hien, Josef - 2017

Over one million people work for a faith-based welfare provider in Germany. Caritas and Diakonie, the largest faith …-based providers in Germany enjoy prerogatives that do not exist in other countries. This particular group of faith-based organizations … regulation of faith-based practice in Germany. Much less attention has been devoted to the faith component within faith …

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