The new Labour Government in Britain has made the reduction of childpoverty one of its central objectives. This paper describes the specificinitiatives involved in Labour’s approach and weighs them up in termsof their potential impact. After setting out the extent of the problem ofchild...

Recent government pronouncements in the UK and above all the recent Conservative Party (2008) policy document on welfare reform suggest that US welfare reform is increasingly being taken as a model for the UK. What lessons should the UK draw from US experience? The long established means tested...

In 1996, Congress passed the Personal Responsibility andWork Opportunity Reconciliation Act, or PRWORA, whichsubstantially restructured public assistance programs.PRWORA gave states almost entire discretion to design andoperate cash assistance programs for families with children,reducing the...

Eine Untersuchung der Minderheitsvoten im Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung im Zeitraum 1971–2011 zeigt, dass sich die von den Gewerkschaften nominierten Räte durch ihr Wahlverhalten zu vielen wirtschaftspolitischen Fragen anders als ihre Kollegen...