The paper examines the possible effects of introducing a large-scale welfare reform in Sweden, namely, the introduction … of comprehensive welfare accounts. Under this policy, individuals make mandatory contributions to accounts, which they … can top up with voluntary contributions. In return, individuals’ welfare benefits are paid from their accounts. The paper …

This Paper estimates the welfare and distributional impact of two types of welfare reform in 14 member countries of the … earnings. The first reform distributes the additional tax revenue uniformly to everybody (traditional welfare) while the second … current welfare and tax systems in all European Union countries (except Sweden) and use calibrated labour supply elasticities …

employment protection focusing on this trade-off between adjustment costs and productivity. We show that from a welfare point of …

equilibrium model of trade under imperfect competition. The focus of the paper is the welfare consequences of reducing trade … barriers and the changes in production and trade flows with the rest of the world. Welfare changes by country are reported and … welfare effects arising from imperfect competition. Intra-EC trade liberalization has pro-competitive effects which make a …

a welfare optimum. Spending is successively treated as 'waste', 'consumption' and 'investment'. In all cases, when bond …

dependence. In addition, the labour force status of the household head has different effects for native and immigrant welfare …

The objective of this Paper is to apply different welfare approaches to the canonical model developed by Krugman, with … potential Pareto improvement criteria, as well as the utilitarian and Rawlsian welfare functions. No clear answer emerges for …