CESifo DICE Report 2003

CESifo DICE Report 4/2003 (Winter)

Forum: RECONCILINGWORK AND FAMILY / Child Care Subsidies as Social Policy David M. Blau / Firms� Contribution to the Reconciliation between Work and Family John M. Evans and Samantha Callan / Supports for Working Families: Work and Care Policies across Welfare States Janet C. Gornick and Marcia K. Meyers / Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in Selected OECD Countries Sheila B. Kamerman / Labour Market Institutions and Unemployment in OECD Countries Lawrence M. Kahn ; Research Reports: National Institutional Systems in Global Competition and the Inertia of German Labour Market Institutions Wolfgang Ochel / Human Capital Formation in Germany: An Untapped Potential Hans-Peter Kl�s and Axel Pl�nnecke / Central Exams as the �Currency� of School Systems: International Evidence on the Complementarity of School Autonomy and Central Exams Ludger W��mann; Reform Models: What Next for School Vouchers? Paul E. Peterson; Database: The OECD Indicator of Work/Families Reconciliation Policies / Co-Payments for Health Care / Life-long Learning / Change in Public Sector Share and Economic Growth / Benefit Dependency / Liberalisation of Capital Markets and Financial (In-)Stability; News: New at DICE Database, Projects, Conferences

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Publisher: Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich 2003

Language of publication English

Article number 11112003004000

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CESifo DICE Report 3/2003 (Autumn)

Forum: Capital Funding versus Pay-as-you-go in Health-care Financing Reconsidered (Klaus-Dirk Henke and Katja Borchardt) / Health Accounts and Other Welfare Accounts (Stefan F�lster, Robert Gidehag, Mike Orszag and Dennis J. Snower) / Managed Care: Low Reputation but Most Effective (Stefan Felder) / Solving the Premium Risk Problem, Insurer Switches, and Transfers of Aging Provisions (Volker Meier); Research Reports: Privatisation in OECD Countries: Theoretical Reasons and Results Obtained (Friedrich Schneider) / Taxing Pensions: Cross-country Differences and International Co-ordination (Robert Fenge and Martin Werding) / Functional Decentralisation of Government Activity (Rigmar Osterkamp and Markus Eller); Reform Models: Swiss Social Health Insurance: Co-payments Work (Stefan Felder and Andreas Werblow) / Exit and Voice in Dutch Social Health Insurance (Stefan Gre�, Diana Delnoij and Peter Groenewegen) / Sickness-related Absenteeism and Economic Incentives in Sweden: A History of Reforms (Daniela Andr�n); Database: Public Promotion of Residential Construction / Fixed Book Price Agreements / Disability Benefit Recipiency / Publication Dates of GDP and Consumer Price Data / Working Time Differences / Demographic Dependency Ratios / Teenage Birthrates; News: New at DICE database, Projects, Conferences, Publications

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Publisher: Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich 2003

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Article number 11112003003000

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CESifo DICE Report 2/2003 (Summer)

Forum: Labour Market Institutions and Unemployment - Interactions between Institutions Matter (Mich�le Belot and Jan C. Van Ours), European Unemployment: Labour Market Institutions and Economic Turbulence (Lars Ljungqvist), Labour Market Institutions and Unemployment in OECD Countries (Stephen Nickell), Institutions in the Economic Fitness Landscape: What Impact Do Welfare State Institutions Have on Economic Performance? (Ronald Schettkat), The Contingency Thesis of Collective Bargaining Institutions (Franz Traxler); Research Reports: Evasion of Value-added Taxes in Europe: Ifo Approach to Estimating the Evasion of Value-added Taxes on the Basis of National Accounts Data (NAD) (Andrea Gebauer and R�diger Parsche), Taxes as a Determinant for Foreign Direct Investment in Europe (Andreas Haufler and Sven St�whase), Effects of Tax Depreciation Rules on Firms' Investment Decisions: A Comparison of European Transition Countries (Chang Woon Nam and Doina Maria Radulescu); Reform Models: Welfare to Work in the United Kingdom (Wolfgang Ochel); Database: Labour Dispute Rules and Strikes in the European Union, Fiscal Monitoring in the Euro-Area, Children - An Occupation Constraint for Women, Waiting for Surgical Operations, Education as a Public Good - Clear Success for Thirty Years of Educational Policy, Development of Public Dept in Europe; News: New Reports on Regulations/Conferences

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Publisher: Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich 2003

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Article number 11112003002000

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CESifo DICE Report 1/2003 (Spring)

Editorial: CESifo DICE Report � A New Quarterly Journal for Institutional Comparisons (Hans-Werner Sinn); Forum: Pension Reforms in Europe Securing Pensions for the Next Fifty Years � Achievements of Recent Reforms in Selected Countries (Eric Thode), After Another Decade of Reform: Do Pension Systems in Europe Converge? (Martin Werding); Research Reports: The Development of the Shadow Economies and Shadow Labour Force of 21 OECD and 22 Transition Countries (Friedrich Schneider), Do Strict Electoral Campaign Finance Rules Limit Corruption? (Thomas Stratmann), Redistributive Tax Policies and Inequality: An Assessment of Recent Country Comparative Studies (Kjetil Bjorvatn, Alexander W. Cappelen), How Decentralised Is Government Activity? (Rigmar Osterkamp, Markus Eller); Reform Models: The Reform of the Savings Bank System in France � A Model for Other Countries? (Jochen Klein); Database: Tax Privileges for Families in an International Comparison, Early and Late Reformers: Long-Term Trends of Public Expenditure in 21 OECD Countries, Older Employees � A Neglected Source of Workers, European Union Activities, The Duration of Unemployment, Benefits in Europe, Consumer Protection; News: User Survey of the DICE Database, OECD Health Data 2002 and more.

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Publisher: Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich 2003

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Article number 11112003001000

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