Die finanzielle Sicherung bei Eintritt einer Störung der Leistungsfähigkeit - etwa Arbeitsunfähigkeit oder Arbeitslosigkeit - ist bedingt durch die historische Gliederung des deutschen Sozialsystems verschiedenen Sozialleistungsträgern zugewiesen. Die Dissertation stellt die sich hieraus...

This paper makes two contributions to the literature. First, by employing a macro-level institutional dataset on benefit levels for social assistance (SA) and minimum income protection (MIP) in 22 European countries in the period 1990–2013, I show that the adequacy of income support for...

This paper presents non-take-up rates of benefits from the German Income Support for Job Seekers scheme, called Unemployment Benefit II (Arbeitslosengeld II). Eligibility to these benefits is simulated by applying a microsimulation model based on data from the Socio-economic Panel for the years...

The potential role of social protection in the development process has received heightened recognition in recent years, yet making a strong investment case for social protection remains particularly challenging in many emerging and developing countries. This report challenges us to think deeply...