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Der Sonderfonds für Kulturveranstaltungen — ein Versicherungsinstrument
The federal special fund for cultural events is the central support instrument for the culture and events industry and is one of several measures...
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Zur Stärkung der Sozialen Schuldnerberatung ist sofortiges und entschlossenes Handeln der Politik gefragt
The social benefit of debt counseling is undoubted. Those seeking advice are empowered to claim their consumer rights and (regain) their quality of...
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Mehr Anreize, weniger Sanktionen: Vorschlag für eine Reform der Grundsicherung
The German federal government is planning a radical reform of the basic income scheme for the long-term unemployed. Besides strengthening...
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Das 9-Euro-Ticket: Erfahrungen, Wirkungsmechanismen und Nachfolgeangebot
Based on a recent empirical study, validated with other data sources, this paper shows that users’ experiences with the 9-Euro-Ticket were positive...
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Construction and Housing
This chapter presents statistical information on construction industry in four categories: building permits and stocks, construction companies,...
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Politische Ursachen für Rentenprobleme und Altersarmut erfordern grundlegende Reformen
The German government seeks to improve the situation of longterm pension contributors with the basic pension (“Grundrente”). However, the basic...
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Debatte über Renten: Replik und Erwiderung
In its June 2020 issue, Wirtschaftsdienst published an article entitled „Beitragsfinanzierung im ‚demografiegestressten‘ Rentensystem möglich“ by...
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Beitragsfinanzierung im „demografiegestressten“ Rentensystem möglich
Despite the aging demographic in Germany, retirement pensions are enough to finance pensioners’ living expenses. The increase of the real income will...
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Absolute Poverty and Sound Public Finance in the Eurozone
The respect of fiscal parameters is supposed to be – according to the official position of the European institutions – the best recipe for granting...
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Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen: viel Zustimmung, aber auch große Ablehnung
Unconditional basic income has been discussed for many years. It is intended to solve problems that may arise as a result of demographic change,...
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The fall in income inequality during COVID-19 in four European countries
We here use panel data from the COME-HERE survey to track income inequality during COVID-19 in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Relative inequality...
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Governmental support and multidimensional poverty alleviation: efficiency assessment in rural areas of Vietnam
This paper provides evidence on the poverty-eradication effect of governmental support, broadly categorised into human support and living support....
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Devolution in the U.S. Welfare Reform: Divergence and Degradation in State Benefits
The passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in 1996 devolved responsibility for the design of welfare...
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Angst im Aufschwung
Germany has not seen a recession in ten years. Unemployment has fallen drastically and incomes are increasing faster. Nevertheless, the crisis of big...
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Garantiesicherung — zweifelhafte Vision zur Überwindung von Hartz IV
The German Green Party seeks to “overcome Hartz IV” with a guaranteed income. It should be higher than the current unemployment benefit II...
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The effects of cash transfers on adult labor market outcomes
ᅟThe basic economic model of labor supply has a very clear prediction of what we should expect when an adult receives an unexpected cash windfall:...
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Intergenerational transmission of lockdown consequences: prognosis of the longer-run persistence of COVID-19 in Latin America
The shock on human capital caused by COVID-19 is likely to have long lasting consequences, especially for children of low-educated families. Applying...
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Normative Measures of Tax Progressivity: an International Comparison
The relevance of tax progressivity measures to policymaking depends on whether they help assess the extent to which taxation leads to social welfare...
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Lebensstandardsicherndes Niveau der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung erforderlich
The German government appointed a pension scheme commission to deliver a new reliable “generation agreement”. But the critics of the contribution...
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Cash transfers and female labor force participation: the case of AUH in Argentina
In this paper, we estimate the impact on female labor force participation of a massive conditional cash transfer program—Universal Child Allowance,...