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In this paper we use data on five social inclusion indicators (poverty, inequality, unemployment, education and health) to assess and compare the performance of 15 European welfare states (EU15) over a twelve-year period from 1995 to 2006. Aggregate measures of performance are obtained using...
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In this paper we deal with the design of three social insurance schemes (old age social security, health insurance an child benefits) in a federal setting such as the Belgian one. We argue that these three programs need to be reformed to be more efficient and more equitable. In none of these...
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[eng] This paper assesses the relative efficiency of a number of components of the welfare state. It also tries to explain the efficiency slacks so observed. It appears that one of the main ways of fostering efficiency is to introduce flexibility in both management and organization and to allow...
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[fre] Cet article discute les avantages et les inconvénients d'un système d'assurance-maladie qui serait exclusivement public ou privé. Ensuite, il passe en revue les systèmes d'un certain nombre de pays de l'O.C.D.E., systèmes où coexistent l'Etat et le marché. Il conclut en souhaitant...
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[fre] Cette contribution analyse la relation entre le choix du départ à la retraite et le système de sécurité sociale. Elle indique que si dans la réalité l'âge effectif du départ à la retraite est trop bas c'est parce que les travailleurs sont individuellement ou collectivement...
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[fre] Are we retiring early?. . It is often argued that implicit taxation on continued activity of elderly workers is responsible for the widely observed trend towards early revirement. In a first best world, it is certainly possible to eliminate this taxation and have a social security scheme...
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[fre] Croissance optimale avec population fluctuante. . Cet article introduit la possibilité d'une population fluctuante dans la théorie traditionnelle de la croissance optimale. Dans l'hypothèse où ces fluctuations sont cycliques, on distinguera une règle d'optimalité à deux temps. A...
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[fre] Cet article discute d'abord de ce qu'il faut entendre par la performance d'une entreprise publique et indique les limites des mesures traditionnelles de perfor­mance. Il présente ensuite une approche particulière, celle de l'efficacité techni­que et survole une série d'études...
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[eng] In this paper, we explain why the old manage to obtain favourable pension policies whereas they belong to a minority in the population. The argument relies on the multidimensional nature of the political process. Indeed, we consider a two-dimensional collective choice problem. The first of...
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