Considering the present situation of the society of Iran and according to the effect of grand institution of waqf in resolving problems such as poverty, it is necessary to make an opportunity that new subject such as cash waqf being studied and examined. Hence, the purpose of this research is to...

Recessions are complex events that affect personal health and behavior via various potentially opposing mechanisms. While recessions are known to have negative effects on mental health and lead to an increase in suicides, it has been proven that they reduce mortality rates. A general health...

By examining the preferences over migration destinations of those revealing a desire to permanently leave their country, this paper provides new evidence on the relevance of subjective measures for cross country comparisons. While hard statistics such as GDP per capita and unemployment rates are...

Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat 2010 die sozialrechtlichen Regelbedarfsleistungen für verfassungswidrig erklärt und Nachbesserungen gefordert. Im Juli 2014 hat nun das Bundesverfassungsgericht die eingeleiteten Maßnahmen als gerade noch verfassungsgemäß bewertet. Um aktuell die...

Die Lohnmobilität ist in Deutschland langfristig konstant geblieben, während die Einkommensmobilität im Trend gesunken ist. Gleichwohl geht jeder dritte Einkommensaufstieg oder -abstieg mit dem Wechsel der Lohnposition einher. Die insgesamt sinkende Einkommensmobilität zeigt sich bei fast...

Laut Definition der EU gilt als arm, wer aufgrund von Ressourcenmangel Entbehrungen im Lebensstandard hinnehmen muss. Alternativ dazu lässt sich Armut auch über einen Mangel an Verwirklichungschancen messen. Für den multidimensionalen Armutsindex werden weitere Dimensionen betrachtet....

The Spanish debt consolidation between 1996 and 2007 represents, by its size and duration, an impressive case among the European Union countries. This paper aims at characterizing the Spanish debt consolidation process in order to assess its effects on economic inequality and welfare. For that...

This article presents for the first time a comparative study of the cost of disability for households in 31 European countries. In order to do so, we exploit the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions, its special module on housing conditions for 2007 and 2012 and employ two...

Income inequality in Germany has been increasing continuously during the past 20 years. In general, this is understood as an increase in inequality of wages due to changes in bargaining power of employees. However, the role of changing household structure is widely neglected. Societal trends...

Disability insurance - the insurance against the loss of the ability to work - is a substantial part of social security expenditures in many countries. The benefit recipiency rates in disability insurance vary strikingly across European countries and the US. This paper investigates the extent...