This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-ND license. This volume analyzes the economic, social, and political challenges that emerging states confront today. Notwithstanding the growing importance of the ‘emerging states’ in global affairs and governance, many problems requiring immediate...

Grundlagen -- Wesentliche Begriffe und Untersuchungsfokus -- Grundlegende ökonomische Erkenntnisse zu Nachverhandlungen -- Vertragliches Nachverhandlungsdesign für PPP-Projekte -- Leistungsanpassungen auf Anforderung der öffentlichen Hand -- Private Finanzierung: Nachverhandlungsdesign und...

This book analyzes the consequences that would arise if Germany’s means-tested unemployment benefits were replaced with an unconditional basic income. The basic income scheme introduced is based on a negative income tax and calibrated to be both financially feasible and compatible with current...

Introduction: Measuring Tax Progression -- Theories: Local Measures -- Global Measures -- Uniform Measures -- Applications: Data and Fiscal Institutions of the Surveyed Countries -- Numerical Results -- Statistical Tests -- Progression Intensity

Introduction -- Ethnic Heterogeneity -- The Welfare State -- Poverty and Inequality -- Ethnic Heterogeneity and the Welfare State -- Ethnic Heterogeneity and Poverty and Inequality -- Conclusion -- References -- Index

Dieses Buch befasst sich mit Einflussfaktoren, insbesondere mit dem Einkommen, als bisher kaum erforschte Determinante des individuellen Nachhaltigkeitsverhaltens. Die Autorin zeigt, dass das Einkommen als Indikator der Armut einen Einfluss auf das individuelle Nachhaltigkeitsverhalten hat....

Chapter 1. Measuring Inequality -- Chapter 2. On the Measurement of Income Bipolarization -- Chapter 3. Measurement of Income Multi-Polar Polarization -- Chapter 4. Reduced -Form Indices of Income Polarization -- Chapter 5. Social Polarization -- Chapter 6. Measurement of Polarization for a...

It has become part of the conventional wisdom in the economics of education that subsidies to higher education have a regressive distributional effect. Given that relatively more children from wealthier families enroll in higher education, many economist assume that these subsidies to higher...

This volume reviews Africa's past experiences of social policy, with an eye on the future. Contributions examine a range of social policy issues around healthcare, education, the labour market and social welfare, and highlight important conceptual and policy issues for rebuilding Africa