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Social welfare effects of annuitization in small open economies

open access: yesThe Scandinavian Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper develops a theory of when annuitization improves or reduces social welfare. The analysis is based on a small open economy with exogenous prices, populated by overlapping generations of non‐altruistic agents. Annuities provide longevity risk insurance and above‐market returns, but also reduce accidental bequests that transfer ...
Tim D. Maurer
wiley   +1 more source

The relationship between intergenerational mobility and equality of opportunity

open access: yesThe Scandinavian Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Among economists, the analysis of social mobility and the role of parental background is largely carried out in two separate strands of research. The intergenerational mobility literature estimates parent–child persistence in some outcome of interest, such as income.
Adrian Adermon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perceptional Welfare Boundary for Migrant Families in China: What, Where and How?

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite recent reforms to China's hukou system, internal migrants in urban centres continue to face significant barriers in accessing welfare benefits and public services. This study introduces the concept of the perceptional welfare boundary to explain how welfare exclusion persists beyond formal institutional constraints.
Qiaobing Wu, Shirley Yang
wiley   +1 more source

The Politics of Care Regimes in East Asia: Reconfiguring State Autonomy Through Electoral Competition and Civil Society Mobilisation

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates why Japan, South Korea and Taiwan have adopted distinct care strategies, despite shared demographic challenges and developmental legacies. It advances a dual‐layered framework of state autonomy that distinguishes between elected and unelected state actors and integrates cross‐national differences in electoral ...
Jooha Lee
wiley   +1 more source

Poverty Attributions and Voting Choices in the 2023 Swiss National Elections

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Is poverty a relevant issue for Swiss electoral politics and political behavior? In this paper we answer that question by showing that citizens’ agreement with different causal attributions of poverty matters for their voting decisions. Of highest relevance is the difference between an “individual blame” explanation (i.e., the poor are lazy ...
Lionel Marquis, Jessy Sparer
wiley   +1 more source

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