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Optimal in-work support and employment in ageing societies: Britain and Germany compared

How would the current tax-benefit systems in Britain and Germany have to be reconstructed in order to allow the labour market to cope with ageing societies in these two countries? How could tax-benefit systems help to raise the level of employment by alleviating long-term unemployment, discouraging early retirement and raising the labour market participation of women? These vital policy questions are analysed by the authors.

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Authors: Blundell, Richard; Brewer, Mike; Browne, James;
Corporate authors: Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society (Great Britain)
Institute for Fiscal Studies (Great Britain) (IFS)
University College London (UCL)

Date: 2007
Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain; Germany
Resource type: Report
Subjects: Research; Governance; Finance;

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