Traditional theories of the origins of the welfare state have emphasized the financial weakness of Britain’s largest provider of mutual insurance in the late 19th century, the friendly societies. These theories share common implications with contemporary theories of institutional change...

The government’s pensions Green Paper – A new contract for welfare:partnership in pensions – proposes fundamental changes to the UK’sretirement income system. Members of CASE and of the Department ofSocial Policy at LSE have looked at the likely implications of the reformsfor pensioner...

This report summarises presentations and discussion at a seminar, organised by LSE Housingand CASE, which took place at the London School of Economics on 7th July 1998. The eventwas chaired by Professor Howard Glennerster (LSE and Chairman of STICERD), and thespeakers were Professor William...

In April 2002 Jobcentre Plus started to operate in the UK bringing together theservice of the Benefits Agency and the Employment Service. Offering a fullyintegrated benefit claiming and work placement/job-seeking service for peopleof working age this new organisation aims to strengthen the link...

Die Schaffung neuer Arbeitsplätze stellt sicher unstrittig die größte Herausforderungunserer Gesellschaft dar. Der Prozess der Umstrukturierung von einerIndustrie- hin zu einer Dienstleistungs- und Wissensgesellschaft ist noch nichtabgeschlossen und wird in den kommenden Jahren zu einem...

Mit Arbeitssystemen von gestern sind die Herausforderungen von morgen nicht zu bewältigen. Im RKW-Arbeitskreis„Weiterentwicklung kompetenter Arbeitssysteme“ diskutieren Experten aus Unternehmen aktuelle Themen und Herausforderungenfür die Gestaltung von Arbeit und Arbeitsorganisation. Im...

The contributory infringement rule assesses liability to a third party that contributes tothe infringement of a patent. Not only are firms that directly infringe liable, those whoindirectly contribute are also liable. We investigate how this rule affects the creation of anetwork of members...