Welfare State
The welfare state is a form of government in which the state protects and promotes the economic and social well-being of the citizens, based upon the principles of equal opportunity, equitable distribution of wealth, and public responsibility for citizens unable to avail themselves of the minimal provisions for a good life. Sociologist T. H. Marshall described the modern welfare state as a distinctive combination of democracy, welfare, and capitalism.As a type of mixed economy, the welfare state funds the governmental institutions for health care and education along with direct benefits given to individual citizens. Early features of the welfare state, …
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IMF: International Monetary Fund · 18 July 2024 English
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Germany’s revenues are larger because of its large welfare state, which means that Germany takes in substantially … goods and services and on property. Germany’s welfare state also accounts for its high expenditures compared …
NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 11 July 2024 English
A growing body of work has shown that aggregate shocks affect the formation of preferences and beliefs. This article reviews evidence from sociology, social psychology, and economics to assess the …
more so in countries with a more generous welfare state, for voters at the right or center of the political … brought with them their own preferences for the welfare state, which in turn were transmitted to natives. …
NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 11 July 2024 English
We examine racial discrimination in the New Deal by examining access to work relief. The Federal Government prohibited racial discrimination in work relief programs. However, eligibility was determined by local …
1999. Southern Paternalism and the American Welfare State: Economics, Politics, and the Institutions … Shifting the Color Line: Race and the American Welfare State. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press …
Amnesty International · 9 July 2024 English
Marginalized groups, including women and LGBTI people, face threats to their human rights due to extensive and improper data collection practices that do not reflect their individual realities. Governments justify …
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Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 1 July 2024 English
The German welfare state is generous but this leads to implicit tax rates for those on welfare that can exceed 100%. Here’s a useful summary from the German newspaper Handelsblatt. (The original is in … the citizen’s allowance, housing benefit or child allowance often […] The post How the German welfare state punishes performance appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. …
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Eurofound · 28 June 2024 English
This report describes Eurofound's activities, particularly its research, information and communication programmes and policy achievements, in relation to the objectives set in the Programming document 2021â2024: Work programme 2023. It …
The future of social protection and of the welfare state in the EU European Commission 25 May Conference …
Amnesty International · 27 June 2024 English
Ahead of the final decision on the extradition case of Belarusian activist Andrei Gnyot, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “In light of the …
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Cato Institute · 26 June 2024 English
Hayek: A Life is the first volume of a definitive biography of one of the last century's most important thinkers, co- authored by Bruce Caldwell, the general editor of Friedrich …
notes, he believed that, with a substantial welfare state, illegal immigrants were preferable to legal … Replacing the inefficient patchwork of current welfare-state pro- grams (more than 100 at the federal level … adoxically, half a century of expanding the welfare state. Phil Gramm, Robert Ekelund, and John Early’s …
Cato Institute · 26 June 2024 English
Matt Zwolinski and Miranda Perry Fleischer's Universal Basic Income lives up to its subtitle, What Everyone Needs to Know--or nearly. In 66 short chapters, the book provides a trove of …
notes, he believed that, with a substantial welfare state, illegal immigrants were preferable to legal … Replacing the inefficient patchwork of current welfare-state pro- grams (more than 100 at the federal level … adoxically, half a century of expanding the welfare state. Phil Gramm, Robert Ekelund, and John Early’s …
Cato Institute · 26 June 2024 English
Ban the Box A recurring topic in Working Papers is criminal justice policy innovation. The goal of these policies is to reduce the negative effects of incarceration on subsequent employment. …
notes, he believed that, with a substantial welfare state, illegal immigrants were preferable to legal … Replacing the inefficient patchwork of current welfare-state pro- grams (more than 100 at the federal level … adoxically, half a century of expanding the welfare state. Phil Gramm, Robert Ekelund, and John Early’s …
