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dc.contributor.authorRincke, Johannesen
dc.contributor.authorSchwager, Roberten
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-05-
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-14T11:54:36Z-
dc.date.available2010-05-14T11:54:36Z-
dc.date.issued2005-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/31980-
dc.description.abstractMany welfare schemes discourage low skilled individuals from working. In the same time, there is widespread support for the welfare state among the highly educated. We suggest a model which explains these seemingly contrasting observations. In our approach, intergenerational social mobility is conditional on labour market participation of the parents. Such mobility increases the supply of high skilled labour in the next generation. To protect their children from the associated fall in wages, middle class parents have an incentive to induce unemployment among low skilled parents, and therefore vote for a social transfer.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aUniversity of Göttingen, Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research (cege) |cGöttingenen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|acege Discussion Papers |x48en
dc.subject.jelH53en
dc.subject.jelI38en
dc.subject.jelD72en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordpolitical preferencesen
dc.subject.keywordunemploymenten
dc.subject.keywordvotingen
dc.subject.keywordsocial mobilityen
dc.subject.keywordwelfare stateen
dc.titleSkills, social mobility, and the support for the welfare state-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn500244294en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:cegedp:48en

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