Publications by Type: Policy brief

2014

Workers’ worries and labour market policies

Policy brief

This Policy Brief summarizes the latest evidence on active labour market policy (ALMP) spending and Employment Protection Legislation across the OECD countries and discusses the diverging roles of left parties and trade unions in determining ALMP spending.

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Social reform microsimulation

Policy brief

This Policy Brief describes the most important features of the SORESI model which enables estimation of outcomes of policy reforms for social target groups (e.g. persons at risk of poverty, materially deprived, in households with no or low work intensity).

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Quota systems for disabled persons

Policy brief

Quota systems exist in the majority of EU countries in order to commit employers to hire a certain share of employees with disabilities. However, evidence shows that quotas only provide small incentives to hire disabled people.

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2013

Minimizing misery

Policy brief

Preventing avoidable unhappiness should be given priority as a policy goal – even more so than maximizing happiness. We show that unhappiness varies a great deal more across social groups than (high levels of) happiness.

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A snapshot of intergenerational justice

Policy brief

We present a four-dimensional snapshot indicator of intergenerational justice. Three dimensions measure policy outcomes that leave legacy burdens towards younger and future generations, the fourth welfare states’ overall pro-elderly bias in social spending.

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