Despite the substantial economic and political strides that African-Americans have made in this century, welfare remains an issue that sharply divides Americans by race. Shifting the Color Line explores the historical and political roots of enduring racial conflict in American w…
Despite the substantial economic and political strides that African-Americans have made in this century, welfare remains an issue that sharply divides Americans by race. Shifting the Color Line explores the historical and political roots of enduring racial conflict in American w…
Taiwan, as a newly industrialised country, is well known for its rapid economic development. But few have been concerned with the social implications. This book explores the development of state welfare in Taiwan, focusing on the interconnection between capitalist development an…
Modelling welfare state reform
by Gelauff, G.M.M, Graafland, J.J
fromContributions to economic analysis
Examines the interrelationship between labour market performance and the tax and social security systems through the development of a general equilibrium model called MIMIC (Micro Macro model to analyse the Institutional Context). Simulations cover the period 1987 to 2017.
Asserting that social programs are unable to halt or even limit the problems of poverty, unemployment, and lack of health care they are designed to address, Macarov returns to basic concepts.
Poverty, unemployment, limited access to health care: the litany of ills plaguing contemporary society seems endless, reflective of the pragmatic and philosophical battles waged to overcome what some perceive as insurmountable obstacles. What role has the state played in mitigat…
"This volume seeks to contribute to an interdisci-plinary, comparative, and historical study of Western welfare states. It attempts to link their historical dynamics and contemporary problems in an international perspective. Building on collaboration between European-and America…
Recoge: 1. Introduction. - 2. The national focus of 'make work pay' debates en relation to social protection and social inclusion-an evaluation from a gender pespective. - 3. The impact of maternity and parental leave on employment. - 4. The impact of parental leave or extended …
Laws regulating the industrial labor process, pensions for the elderly, unemployment insurance, and measures to educate and ensure the welfare of children were enacted in many industrializing capitalist nations from the 1850s to the 1920s. This same period saw the development of…
"This volume seeks to contribute to an interdisci-plinary, comparative, and historical study of Western welfare states. It attempts to link their historical dynamics and contemporary problems in an international perspective. Building on collaboration between European-and America…
This study catalogues the treatment of farmers within the tax and social security systems of a large number of OECD countries, knowledge of which has been very scarce up to now. The conceptual basis for deciding what constitutes a concession conferring financial benefit to the f…