Kyklos, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study offers causal evidence on how distinct forms of civic engagement affect government spending across 28 democracies between 2000 and 2024. Its main innovation lies in disentangling the fiscal effects of two channels of engagement—civil society participation and electoral turnout—through an original identification strategy that ...
Anna Lo Prete, Agnese Sacchi
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Federal Employees’ Retirement System: Budget and Trust Fund Issues [PDF]
, 2012 [Excerpt] Pensions for civilian federal employees are provided through two programs, the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). CSRS was authorized by the Civil Service Retirement Act of 1920 (P.L.
Isaacs, Katelin P
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Clustering of disability pension and socioeconomic disadvantage in Sweden: a geospatial analysis. [PDF]
Eur J Public Health, 2022 Virtanen M +8 more
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Nutrition Bulletin, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Food insecurity is frequently reported among families of children with autism spectrum conditions (ASC), yet there is limited evidence synthesising its prevalence and impact. This systematic review aimed to examine and meta‐analyse the existing literature on food insecurity in families of children and young people with ASC.
Emma Tuschick +4 more
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Tackling Poverty Across the United Kingdom. Devolution, Difference and Discourse
IPPR Progressive Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The UK welfare state is often considered as being highly centralised, yet the design and administration of UK social security involves significant spatial variations in law, policy, and practice. As such, where you live in the UK can affect the value of benefits and cash transfers you are entitled to, as well as how you experience benefit ...
Ruth Patrick +3 more
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Disability pension and sociodemographic & work-related risk factors among 2.3 million migrants and natives in Finland (2011-2019): a prospective population study. [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2023 Haider W, Salonen L.
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Remote4All: Voicing the Lived Experiences of Disabled and/or Neurodivergent Remote Workers
New Technology, Work and Employment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Disabled and/or neurodivergent people form 20% of the UK working population but their experience of remote working has been overlooked in research and practice. This research gave a voice to this community of workers to express their lived experience about how remote working can help to support their specific needs.
Christine Grant +3 more
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Sequence analysis of sickness absence and disability pension days in 2012-2018 among privately employed white-collar workers in Sweden: a prospective cohort study. [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2023 Salonen L, Alexanderson K, Farrants K.
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Why Has in‐Work Poverty Risen in Britain?
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Is work a reliable route out of poverty, and what does that depend upon? In Britain, the headline relative poverty rate for those in working households steadily rose from 13.4% in 1994–95 to 18.4% in 2019–20. We study the drivers of this increase.
Jonathan Cribb, Tom Waters, Xiaowei Xu
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Income Security Programs and Retirement in Sweden [PDF]
We examine the effects of economic incentives inherent in pension schemes and income security programs on retirement behavior in the Swedish labor market.
Palme, Mårten, Svensson, Ingemar
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