Despite growing concerns over ageing and its social and fiscal impact, surprisingly scarce information is available on basic indicators concerning long-term care for dependent older people. The present publication seeks to fill this gap.
Welfare-to-work programmes have long been pursued in European countries. The UK had shown more interest in learning from the US workfare model, and its policy design and the experience of the past 10 years offer a number of insights for other countries.
Based on the comparison of detailed micro-data and potential entitlements simulated with tax/benefit microsimulation models, the Policy Brief estimates the size of non-take-up of monetary social assistance benefits in Austria, Germany and Finland after 2000.
Microsimulation models have become firmly established as vital tools for analysis of the distributional impact of changes in government programmes. They are used extensively to assess who are the winners and losers from proposed policy reforms.
