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Reforming the Defined-Benefit Pension System [PDF]
Defined-benefit pensions typically expose workers to a form of financial risk that they are ill positioned to bear and unable to hedge. If workers understand that risk, they will offer employers a lower “price” (in the form of salary concessions) than ...
David W. Wilcox
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‘Whitby Woman’, ‘Waitrose Woman’: Gender and Voting Behaviour at the 2024 UK General Election
The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 74-82, January/March 2025.Abstract Women were identified as key targets in the 2024 British general election. There was much speculation as to whether ‘Whitby’ or ‘Waitrose’ women would swing the result for Labour. This interest in women voters stemmed, at least partially, from the fact that the 2017 and 2019 British general elections were the first where a modern gender gap—a ...
Rosie Campbell +3 more
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Reducing health inequalities through work-a public health emergency? [PDF]
Public Health Pract (Oxf)Amedzro N, Boorman S, Allsopp G.
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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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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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Attitudes towards the public-private mix for retirement income in Europe. [PDF]
J Eur Soc PolicyWiß T, Fernández JJ, Anderson KM.
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The Married Widow: Marriage Penalties Matter! [PDF]
Marriage penalties are a controversial feature of many government policies. Empirical evidence of their behavioral effects is quite mixed. This is surprising because economic theory predicts that they should have an impact on the headship decision.
Emily Hanna +2 more
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The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Almost regardless of the welfare system and market context, the changing housing landscapes in Western countries show a number of similar trends. Households are confronted with decreasing access to homeownership and social renting, and increased reliance on private renting in combination with growing housing shortages and housing affordability
Marietta Haffner, Kath Hulse
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Longitudinal association between chronic diseases and fall risk among middle-aged and older adults in China: the mediating role of activity limitations. [PDF]
J Glob HealthHuang D, Fu Y, Yang W, Xu B, Yang Z.
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Family Versus Public Solidarity: Theory and Experiment [PDF]
We present an overlapping generations model with two families who can guarantee old age support either by intra-family transfers from child to parent or via a tax-financed public pension system encompassing both families.We derive the individually and ...
Güth, W. +3 more
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