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Research
Theme 4
Poverty, Social Protection and
Fiscal Management
Research in the area of poverty and
social protection has a prominent
place within the MGSoG, with many
staff members working in this field.
Within this group three main areas
can be further identified: 1)
methodological issues of measuring
poverty, 2) impact of social
protection policies on living
standards and 3) welfare state
analysis from a more general
perspective. Research methods
employed are often empirical using
cross-section and panel data sets
stemming from quantitative and
qualitative surveys. The variety of
research questions currently studied
is also reflected in the geographic
dispersion of the research, which
covers Western and Eastern Europe,
Russia, the Middle East, the USA,
India, China and Vietnam in Asia and
Congo, Zambia, Senegal and Tanzania
in Africa.
Current research on social insurance
focuses mainly on pensions. With the
problem of an ageing population in
Europe, policy interventions are
needed to deal with the likely
consequences. The School’s research
in the area of pensions includes
theoretical modeling, empirical
analysis using qualitative and
quantitative data, as well as micro
simulations to understand the impact
of the changing demographic
composition of the population and
other factors on the old-age pension
system. Implementing social policies
and programmes requires resources;
designing social programmes and
policies requires social budgeting
in order to reconcile the intended
policies with encompassing fiscal
balance. Understanding the dynamics
in the creation of fiscal space also
belongs to this research theme. The
research is focused on the broader
understanding of the macroeconomic
and public finance implications of
taxes, expenditures and other forms
of financing social policies such as
private and social insurances. The
viability and impact of new
financing mechanisms such as
microfinance belongs equally to this
research theme.
Examples of research projects in
Poverty, Social Protection and
Fiscal Management:
- Social protection and
macroeconomic performance in
long run: the simulation
approach
- Relative or absolute poverty
in the US and EU? the battle of
the rates
- Child poverty: a
multidimensional approach for
Vietnam
- Child misery in fragile
state: the case of Congo
- The lifetime effects of
rural child poverty in China
- The spread of microfinance
and its determinants in Andhra
Pradesh, India – comparing
SHG-programmes and BASIX India
- Do integrated
microfinance services reduce
client exit
- The role of cash transfers
to the poor universal or
targeted benefits in Tanzania en
Senegal
- Human development and
autonomy; project evaluation and
empowerment: the case of
Nicaragua and San Salvador
- Conditional cash transfers
and the institutional settings
of social protection in Chile
- Government interventions on
interest rate risks management
of pension funds
- Lifetime intra-generational
redistribution through the
public pension systems
Current projects: At the
moment, this page is under
construction, please check regularly
for more information.
Publications:
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