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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya-Chu Tsai

This dissertation examines the question of whether the non-systematic or non-purpose-related benefit requirements in social law are in accordance with the Constitution in Taiwan. Access to social benefits is opened when the legal requirements are fulfilled. However, not all these requirements are system-related or purpose-oriented. In such cases, access to social benefits may be restricted or even blocked. Such benefit requirements are often found in Taiwanese social law, especially foreigners are involved. In this research, the constitutionality of the social benefit requirements will be examined.

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1961-1982
Author(s):  
Stefanie Egidy

In February 2010, the German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) issued a ruling on the so-called “Hartz IV legislation.” The ruling dealt with the law on social benefits according to the Second Book of the German Code of Social Law and was based on the “fundamental right to the guarantee of a subsistence minimum” derived from the declaration of human dignity in Article 1(1) of the German Basic Law in conjunction with Article 20(1), the principle of the social welfare state.


2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 549-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thilo Fehmel

AbstractIn German public law many legal norms award administrative discretion to authorities. This transition of decision-making from the legislative to the executive has recently increased. The article illustrates this development, which at first is placed in the context of the social rights approach. Afterwards the taxonomy of discretion is shown, and the rationales of areas of discretion in public and social law are discussed. In the third section, the increasing relevance of discretion in granting social benefits – or in imposing sanctions on recipients of benefits – is examined from a social work point of view using three examples in recent social legislation. Finally, the consequences of this development for social work and the required reactions by social work professionals and scholars are reflected.


Water Policy ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 571-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Suresh Kumar ◽  
K. Palanisami

Drip irrigation has received considerable attention from policy makers because of its significant contribution towards resource saving, enhanced agricultural productivity and environmental sustainability. This paper explores the potential benefits of drip irrigation adoption by addressing the social benefits and costs in Southern India. The study shows that adoption of drip irrigation technology has resulted in significant external and private benefits. The social benefit–cost ratio (SBCR) ranged from 4.33 to 5.19 at a 2% discount rate under different scenarios across regions. This confirms that a wide adoption of drip irrigation produces sufficient social benefits to justify the subsidization of drip irrigation. Water management policy should focus attention on the promotion of drip irrigation in regions where water and labour scarcity are critical.


2020 ◽  
Vol 194 ◽  
pp. 02017
Author(s):  
Yu Ping ◽  
Zhu Yifan ◽  
Wang Peng

Buildings have a significant impact on global and local energy demand and climate change. Consequently, the issue of photovoltaic (PV) potential assessment of building roofs have been extensively studied. Although studies have adopted different methods to predict the various potentials of rooftop PVs, as yet there is no understanding of a comprehensive framework for evaluating the potential of rooftop PVs. This study aims to develop a new framework to evaluate the technical, economic, environmental, and social benefits of rooftop PVs in old communities in Nanjing. The study found that the total annual electricity generation of rooftop PVs in the two districts of Nanjing was 431,136,314 KWh, which can meet about 20% of the residential electricity demand in the study area; the total electricity generation in the life cycle of 25 years was 5327909814 KWh; The economic benefit was 4.06 yuan/wp; the CO2 emission efficiency was 20.02%; the social benefit was 11.224 yuan/KWh. The results of this study will potential provide valuable reference suggestions for urban planners from the perspective of the benefits brought by rooftop PV in the two districts.


Author(s):  
L Steynberg

This article attempts to highlight the potential danger in applying private-law principles to social-security law in deciding whether or not social grants should be deducted from awards for damages. Typically, this issue comes to the fore where a damage-causing event, such as death, sets into motion a system that provides for the payment of social benefits, damages or both. In social-security law, the receipt of more than one social benefit is called "double dipping", whereas in private law the problem of double compensation is addressed by applying the collateral-source rule. In some instances the applicable legislation clearly prescribes the deduction or not of the social benefit, but unfortunately our legislation is not always clear on this issue and this can best be illustrated by two recent conflicting decisions in Makhuvela (SGHC) and Timis (SCA). In Makhuvela the court held that a foster-care grant should be disregarded in calculating the award for damages, inter alia because the child will never have a claim to the grant. In Timis the SCA distinguished the facts from Makhuvela and held that the child-support grants received by the mother after the father's death are directly linked to the death of the father and should therefore be deducted from her claim for loss of support. It is submitted that although the outcome of the Timis decision is correct, the court should have incorporated the means test into the process of deciding if the grant should be deducted from the compensation. A two-phase approach is suggested: first determine if the receipt of the grant is directly linked to the death of the breadwinner, and secondly determine how the grant and the subsequent settlement paid by a wrongdoer will affect the circumstances of a particular individual or family. The objectives in social-security law differ from the objectives in the law of damages and therefore the principles applied in cases of double dipping cannot be equated with those applied in cases of collateral benefits.


2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mats Tjernberg

AbstractA strict division between the formal economy and the informal economy cannot be made and every economic actor has in certain situations a propensity to engage in informal economic activities. The formal, as well as informal economy may lead to economic growth which is essential for a broad welfare policy, under which social benefits are categorized. A person’s economic contribution to a state should entail some possibility of getting economic and social benefits from it. The article shows that a person, who is liable to tax in a state, by staying in its territory, should not be excluded from the social welfare system. There is often a lack of congruence between tax liability and right to residence-based social benefits. A typical example is that of undocumented migrants. Welfare policy is to a large extent governed by a mix of rules linked to taxation, social contributions and social benefits. It could be expected that the policy be well devised, leading to well-coordinated systems. European states having a social policy with roots in a Beveridge model (such as Sweden), should be obliged to integrate undocumented migrants in their social benefit system. Regardless of any declared income they should be part of basic social benefits scheme by virtue of territoriality alone.


2012 ◽  
Vol 174-177 ◽  
pp. 2151-2154
Author(s):  
Ke Chao Zhao ◽  
Fuen Li ◽  
Ji Xiang Xu

Integral space concrete roof is an excellent roof structure, the application scope is wide. The characteristics of the structure and the construction methods get all through the experiment and the actual test, which shows the roof is superior to the traditional form. In order to validate the construction cost and how the social benefits, further researches is needed. Based on the traditional arch board roof for reference, it is researched of the construction cost, the directly benefit, the comprehensive character etc. And as a cold storage the basis, the social benefit is calculated. The results showed that the roof direct construction cost than traditional roof save about 20% ~ 45%, the social efficiency huge, for the popularization and application of the roof provides a strong basis.


2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 515-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
RUDI VERBURG

This paper discusses the historical changes in economic and ideological conditions through which greed turned from one of the deadly sins into a passion from which society derived social benefits. Adding to the perspective developed by Hirschman in hisThe Passions and the Interests, three stages are distinguished in the construction of the notion of the social utility of greed: (1) the self-sufficient community; (2) the mercantile state; and (3) commercial society. The paper relates how changing conditions led philosophers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to recognize the conditional usefulness of greed and, eventually, to build a dream on the idea of greed as instrumental in establishing the material foundation of progress in society.


2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 266-276
Author(s):  
Hisham A. Almakanin Et al.

This study aimed to measure the benefits of using the social media website as perceived by students with disabilities at the University of Jordan. The sample consisted of 150 students with disabilities and used a 5-point Likert scale to rank the perceived benefits on a 12-item survey. On average, the students indicated that using social media websites provided a moderate level of social benefits.  In contrast, the students indicated that social media websites provided a high level of social benefit for increasing the number of new friends, deepening their relationship with others who have a disability or who are concerned with disabilities, and identifying societal attitudes toward disability and disability support services.


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