Pension reforms are on the political agenda of many countries. Such reforms imply an increasing responsibility on individuals’ side in building an efficient portfolio for retirement.
Corsini, Lorenzo, Spataro, Luca
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Analysing policy success and failure in Australia: Pink batts and set‐top boxes
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines two Australian government programs from the Rudd/Gillard Labor government, the Home Insulation Program (HIP) and the Digital Switchover Household Assistance Scheme (HAS). Both became shibboleths of the Labor government's perceived waste and incompetence.
Daniel Casey
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Ed Davey's Tory Removals: The Liberal Democrats and the 2024 General Election
The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 83-90, January/March 2025.Abstract The 2024 general election represented a remarkable comeback for the Liberal Democrats. Less than a decade on from the coalition and the 2015 election debacle, Sir Ed Davey's party reclaimed third‐party status in the House of Commons with seventy‐two MPs—the largest total for the Liberal Democrats or their Liberal Party predecessors since the ...
Peter Sloman
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Heterogeneous Effects of Income on Physical and Mental Health of the Elderly: A Regression Discontinuity Design Based on China's New Rural Pension Scheme. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public HealthJu T, Pan M.
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Defined Benefit Pension Annuity and Defined Contribution Pension Annuity
Defined Benefit Pension Annuity and Defined Contribution Pension AnnuityIn many countries, many elderly people depend on the government and employment−based pensions. The modal pension in the developed countries was of the defined benefit several years ago. A governed−based defined benefit system transfers income from workers to the retired generation, at least in part.
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The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 206-210, January/March 2025.Abstract In order to address an ever‐growing crisis in higher education in England, policy makers need tools capable of meeting the challenge. Yet the Office for Students has been roundly criticised for its shortcomings as a regulator for the sector, weakening the response to its plethora of problems.
Timothy J. Oliver
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Determinants of disability pension following sickness absence in French private-sector employees. [PDF]
Eur J Public HealthBen Halima MA +4 more
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What Are Select Committees For?
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The modern select committee system in the UK House of Commons was introduced in 1979 to deepen opportunities for backbench MPs to hold government to account and strengthen Parliament vis‐à‐vis the executive. However, select committees play a much bigger role in parliamentary life.
Marc Geddes
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Societal costs associated with mothers of children with major congenital anomalies: a population-based matched cohort study in Denmark. [PDF]
BMJ Public HealthKim KM +8 more
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Crisis, temporality and governmental policy agendas: The cases of Finland and Sweden
Scandinavian Political Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Crises transform the temporal orientation of political decision‐making. They demand immediate and decisive action and thus convert time into a means of political control. In these circumstances, assessing the long‐term consequences of proposed policies with respect to welfare, sustainability or justice also becomes demanding.
Henri Vogt, Mikko Värttö
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