Abstract In diesem Beitrag wird anhand des International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) 1995/96 ein Vergleich der Einstellungen der Bevölkerungen in 24 Ländern zu verschiedenen Aspekten der Beschäftigungs- und Arbeitsmarktpolitik durchgeführt. Ausgehend von einer Klassifizierung der...

Abstract Die Europäische Union hat sich hinsichtlich der Beschäftigung Älterer ehrgeizige Ziele gesetzt. Im März 2001 legte der Europäische Rat in Stockholm fest, dass bis 2010 mindestens die Hälfte der EUBevölkerung im Alter von 55 bis 64 Jahren in Beschäftigung sein soll. Der...

Abstract Steigende Ansprüche an Umfang und Qualität öffentlich erbrachter sozialer Dienstleistungen stellen für Sozialstaats- und Arbeitsmarktakteure in Deutschland eine besondere Herausforderung dar. Denn Ausbildung und Beschäftigung in den sozialen Dienstleistungen sind historisch als...

We analyse the effects of active social policy (ASP) on the dynamics of welfare dependence. We evaluate the impact of various ASP measures (employment and training) on the duration of welfare spells and subsequent employment spells, based on data from Denmark. The results show that employment...

Welfare reform in Australia centres on the concept of both economic and social participation. The policy concern is that people who fail to participate in economic and social life may become entrenched in disadvantage. In 2000 - 2001, a randomized trial was conducted by the Department of Family...

Empirical research on the determinants of right and left-wing extremist election successes is still dominated by descriptive statistical methods. The existing literature in political economy and political science mainly relies on interviews and survey results as well as on qualitative analyses...

This paper uses a two country trade and geography model of monopolistic competition to study the effects of wage policies and social policies on the location of industry. It is first shown that a union wage push in one of two otherwise identical countries induces a relocation of firms which...

This paper analyzes economic-social interaction in China in connection with the country's change of economic system. I define an economic system in terms of a multidimensional vector of broad institutional characteristics, and I emphasize that important features of the social development are...

We consider the notion of welfare stigma à la Besley and Coate (1992b). This stigma is attributed to welfare claimants by society when they are perceived as undeserving in the sense that they falsely claim to be eligible for welfare benefits. However, due to imperfect information, this stigma...

This paper develops an expanded framework for social planning in which the existence of coercion is explicitly acknowledged. Key issues concern the precise definition of coercion for individuals and in the aggregate, its difference from redistribution, and its incorporation into normative...