Rund 25 Jahre nach der letzten rechtsvergleichenden Analyse der Alterssicherung von Beamten ist am Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Sozialrecht in München eine neue Studie zu dieser Fragestellung konzipiert und unter Mithilfe von einigen externen Kooperationspartnern...

This study analyzes results from an original survey of members of the French and German parliaments (Assemblée Nationale, Sénat and Bundestag) on economic policies and institutions of the Eurozone. We find that French politicians are significantly more supportive of Eurobonds, a European...

This article analyzes how institutional changes in the welfare state influence income mobility around job loss in the United States andWest Germany. Drawing both on an analysis of changes in provisions for the unemployed and on panel data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) and the...

The trend towards activation has been one of the major issues in recent welfare and labour market reforms in Europe and the US. Despite considerable initial variation across national models with respect to the scope and intensity of activation, redefining the link between social protection and...