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Analyses and Notes

CEPOS's analyses and notes supports the wish to create and disseminate new knowledge regarding the organization of society. CEPOS will independently deliver notes that describe the organization of the welfare society. CEPOS also supplies policy proposals that contribute to a freer and wealthier society.


Saturday, November 14th 2009

"Bully-package" raises questions in relation to the European Convention on Human Rights


Monday, November 9th 2009

Budgetary discipline in the municipalities


Monday, November 2nd 2009

Public job hoarding pressurizes private business


Thursday, October 22th 2009

Perceived municipal cuts and the welfare coalition
 

Friday, October 9th 2009

The Danes' attitude regarding immigration 


Tuesday, October 20th 2009

Major fiscal challenges after the crisis 


Friday, October 9th 2009

The Danes' attitude regarding immigration 


Friday, September 25th 2009

The ban on marihuana should be repealed  


Thursday, September 24th 2009

Poll: Majority against fiscal expansion through expenditures  


Monday, September 21th 2009

The expenditure level in public and private production of hospital services  


Friday, September 18th 2009

Social Democrat's and Socialist's hike in corporate tax costs wage laborer DKK 3000 in the long run 


Tuesday, September 15th 2009

The true condition of wind energy and the hidden costs  


Tuesday, September 8th 2009

The connection between municipal expenditures for school operations and the school's teaching performance  


Friday, September 7th 2009

Crisis beats inequality  


Friday, September 4th 2009

Proposal for higher corporate tax sends tax rate to 11th highest in OECD  


Friday, August 28th 2009

Social Democrat's millionaire tax sends tax rate above 70 per cent  


Thursday, August 20th 2009

Renovation subsidies cost jobs  


Tuesday, July 14th 2009

Public expenditure's share of GDP at the level of former Prime Minister Anker Jørgensen 


Tuesday, July 7th 2009

Crisis sends government's 2015 plan back to scratch 


Tuesday, July 7th 2009

Denmark set for fourth lowest growth rate in OECD from 2011 to 2017  


Friday, June 29th 2009

The crisis cost DKK 150 billion in increased public debt  



Friday, June 26th 2009

The effect of automatic stabilizers 


Monday, June 22th 2009

The legal and parliamentary oversight of the intelligence services is to weak and should be strenghtened 


Tuesday, June 9th 2009

Short-term focues on the debate regarding public support for construction industries


Wednesday, May 29th 2009

Discrimination of immigrants and descendants increases dissatisfaction


Wednesday, May 20th 2009

Planned expenditures and realized expenditures in the municipalities


Tuesday, May 12th 2009

Large majority of Danes want ban on expropriation for private purposes


Tuesday, May 12th 2009

The effect of immigrants and Danes on the public finances - A change of policy is needed


Friday, April 3rd 2009

Delegation and announcements in Denmark - a national security problem?


Sunday, 29 March 2009

Trust between Danes and immigrants – it is greater than we think


Monday, 23 March 2009

Bill on extended access to monitoring is disturbing in terms of national security.


Monday, 23 March 2009

Immigrant and newcomers’ from Muslim countries are satisfied with Denmark


Friday, 20 March 2009

Muslim immigrant and newcomers’ attitude to freedom rights


Tuesday, 17 March 2009

After spring package: Education still taxed hard


Tuesday, 17 March 2009

Study: Personal finances of significance in choice of education


Wednesday, 11 March 2009

The prize of education in Denmark


Wednesday, 11 March 2009

Financial benefits of 15 different educations


Thursday, 26 February 2009

The Court of Human Rights completely disallows the concealment of evidence in matters of national security.


Tuesday, 24 February 2009

Growth package: The survey shows a majority in favour of lower taxes


Tuesday, 17 February 2009

A majority of the population reject a restriction of the “free choice of school”


Tuesday, 17 February 2009

Growth package: Tax breaks hit public expenditure


Tuesday, 17 February 2009

Danes support the option of opting out of Danmarks Radio products and exemption from payment of a licence fee


Friday, 30 January 2009

Section 17 of the Danish Defence Act (Forsvarsloven) is in contravention of the European Human Rights Convention.


Wednesday, 21 January 2009

Fall in interest rates could reduce unemployment by up to 30,000


Monday, 19 January 2009

New bill on the strengthening of private property rights does not go far enough


Saturday, 17 January 2009

The Copenhagen police have set up search zones in contravention of the Police Act (politiloven)


Friday, 16 January 2009

The public authorities’ access to forcibly enter into private homes and companies constitutes a national security problem and should be restricted


Thursday, 8 January 2009

Public spending has increased – but many people believe that services have deteriorated


Tuesday, 30 December 2008

ECB investigation: A large public sector reduces growth


Tuesday, 30 December 2008

For the first time in twenty years the public sector is more expansive in Denmark than in Sweden


Monday, 29 December 2008

The removal of early retirement benefits for people aged thirty and below provides scope for DKK 6 million


Saturday, 27 December 2008

A shortfall of DKK 5 billion in the financing of rising medicine costs in 2015


Thursday, 18 December 2008

The UN should no longer be the primary forum for Danish human rights policy


Friday, 12 December 2008

Low interest rates behind the boom in the property market


Friday, 12 December 2008

Increased rate of unemployment benefit – A wrong move


Wednesday, 10 December 2008

Shortfall in financing can be managed by scaling down increase in expenditure to the Nyrup increase


Thursday, 4 December 2008

Admission to Denmark – conditions and policy options


Wednesday, 3 December 2008

A newly-born baby costs the public finances DKK 600,000 throughout the course of its life


Monday, 1 December 2008

The Ministry of Taxation (Skatteministeriet): Lower top rate of tax could bring more young people into university


Friday, 28 November 2008

Appropriate monetary policy – A contributory cause of the financial crisis


Friday, 14 November 2008

13 percent of voters would pay the price for the early retirement scheme


Wednesday, 12 November 2008

OECD: Denmark has the highest tax burden in the world


Friday, 7 November 2008

International comparison of compounded marginal taxes: Denmark takes third place with 72 percent


Monday, 3 November 2008

Denmark and the EU should boycott Durban II


Wednesday, 29 October 2008

Small employment potential of investment in traffic


Friday, 10 October 2008

Denmark should abstain from voting for and ratifying the Supplementary Protocol to the International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights


Tuesday, 30 September 2008

The latitude available to the municipalities


Friday, 29 August 2008

The government set to breach the 2015 plan


Monday, 25 August 2008

Danes support less political regulations of society


Wednesday, 30 July 2008

Latest figures from OECD and Eurostat: Denmark has the highest tax burden in the world


Monday, 28 July 2008

81 percent of Danes believe that a greater level of service for the money spent is possible in the public sector


Monday, 21 July 2008

Prosperity among OECD countries: Denmark on its way to mid positioning


Thursday, 17 July 2008

Inappropriate use of the flexible job scheme


Friday, 11 July 2008

The expression “the American Condition” is thriving


Saturday, 28 June 2008

Immigrant and black work – an overview


Friday, 20 June 2008

Discrimination experienced in the job market


Wednesday, 18 June 2008

Danes are well-disposed towards their Muslim colleagues


Thursday, 12 June 2008

Great outsourcing potential of DDK 15 billion in the municipal sector


Friday, 9 May 2008

Denmark has had the fifth lowest economic growth between 1996 and 2006


Wednesday, 7 May 2008

Repetition of Nyrup’s early retirement reform could increase employment


Thursday, 24 April 2008

Largest output gap in over twenty years – prospect of many years of low growth


Thursday, 10 April 2008

Almost two out of three Danes: Cutbacks have been made in public sector employment


Thursday, 10 April 2008

Employment in the public sector has increased under the VK government


Thursday, 3 April 2008

Immigration policy regimes


Thursday, 3 April 2008

The position of the political parties to immigration and integration over time


Thursday, 3 April 2008

Immigrants believe that tax is too high


Tuesday, 18 Mars 2008

150,000 more people will be in employment if economic growth reaches normal growth - need for 21 new job packages


Thursday, 28 February 2008

Budget slide of DDK 64 million since 1993, or could be a marginal tax of 39 percent


Thursday, 21 February 2008

Teaching efficiency model 2006 – Methods and results


Thursday, 21 February 2008

www.undervisningseffekt.dk – What is teaching efficiency?


Thursday, 21 February 2008

Technical note on the method behind the teaching efficiency


Thursday, 21 February 2008

Danes would like to see stricter measures against young troublemakers


Tuesday, 12 February 2008

The VK government’s expenditure ceiling requires reforms and sanction mechanisms against the municipalities


Monday, 14 January 2008

Danes support a reduction of the duration of the unemployment benefit period


Tuesday, 8 January 2008

200,000 additional people in employment with the discontinuation of early retirement and an increase in the retirement age


Monday, 10 December 2007

Additional employment equivalent to 300,000 people if the Danes were to work an equal number of hours and the OECD average


Monday, 27 November 2007

This is how we get more hands – an insight into the Danes’ attitude as to whether we are providing more workforce


Wednesday, 21 November 2007

“The Plan for the Century” is relevant in 2007


Wednesday, 14 November 2007

It is acceptable to report sick even if there is nothing wrong with you!


Wednesday, 14 November 2007

Danes do not believe that a withdrawal of the tax cut will increase public welfare significantly.


Monday, 5 November 2007

No majority for public employee’s wage demands – but public employees are positive


Monday, 22 October 2007

Growth in consumption on a par with the 2002-2007 period could result in a 20-year record in the proportion of public consumption of GNP.


Monday, 15 October 2007

The upper compounded marginal tax is 71 percent


Monday, 15 October 2007

International comparison of compounded marginal taxes: Over 71 percent in Denmark and 46 percent in the USA


Friday, 12 October 2007

Danes attitude to private financing of health services


Monday, 1 October 2007

Spain is implementing tax reforms – lowering the upper marginal tax to 43 percent


Monday, 24 September 2007

The VK government is using the latitude of a larger public sector – the alternative was a marginal tax of 42 percent


Monday, 17 September 2007

The increase in expenditure is awaiting financing for DDK 14 billion – need for new Welfare Commission?


Monday, 3 September 2007

Danes want a welfare system, but also tax cuts


Friday, 3 August 2007

Reform proposal: No supplementary benefit to people on permanently reduced working hours during a boom


Monday, 30 July 2007

Growth in welfare services as in the 2002-06 period will mean a tax rise of DDK 115 billion


Thursday, 21 June 2007

“We can manage by ourselves” – the Danes’ attitude to welfare and tax


Wednesday, 13 June 2007

Increased competition in the public sector


Wednesday, 30 May 2007

Denmark has the third highest marginal tax in the OECD for high-earners


Wednesday, 25 April 2007

A liberal egalitarian defence for freedom of speech


Monday, 2 April 2007

The Swedish government’s plan for the privatisation of state-owned companies


Monday, 2 April 2007

Privatisations under the VK and SR governments


Thursday, 29 Mars 2007

Great privatisation potential in the municipalities: 161 municipal companies to a value of DDK 26.6 billion


Friday, 23 Mach 2007

Quality reform: Competition and increase in quality within the care of the elderly and childcare


Friday, 9 Mach 2007

The International Property Rights Index (IPRI) 2007


Monday, 12 February 2007

Budget slide of 100 percent under the Fogh government


Saturday, 3 February 2007

Support for the publication of school statistics


Saturday, 3 February 2007

Grade point average 2000 - 2006


Sunday, 21 January 2007

Economic freedom and entrepreneurial activity – a national survey


Wednesday, 17 January 2007

A newly-born baby costs the public finances DKK 800,000 throughout the course of its life


Sunday, 14 January 2007

Economic Freedom of the World 2006


Sunday, 7 January 2007

30,000 people in employment with the reduction of the unemployment benefit period to one year


Sunday, 7 January 2007

Denmark is likely to have the lowest growth in the OECD for the 2008-12 period


Monday, 18 December 2006

Tax, human capital and education


Monday, 18 December 2006

The voters’ attitudes to tax and expenditure The Danes as rational and self-seeking welfare opportunists


Thursday, 14 December 2006

What is democracy?


Friday, 3 November 2006

Tax-financed rise in public consumption will result in a fall in prosperity and employment


Thursday, 19 October 2006

The next welfare contract


Monday, 9 October 2006

Great employment potential if the Danes were to work as the OECD average


Friday, 6 October 2006

Denmark has almost twice as many public sector employees as the EU average


Monday, 2 October 2006

Freedom of Speech: Halal or Haram?


Friday, 29 September 2006

The VK government will increase public consumption by DKK 10,000 per family


Sunday, 24 September 2006

Note concerning the Council for Socially Marginalised People (Rådet for Socialt Udsatte)


Sunday, 17 September 2006

Anders Fogh Rasmussen’s view on the state, religion and politics


Friday, 15 September 2006

Unification of diversity


Sunday, 13 August 2006

www.undervisningseffekt.dk – What is the education effect?


Saturday, 12 August 2006

Analysis of basic school data


Thursday, 27 July 2006

Financed tax cuts are beneficial to the Danish economy at the current time


Friday, 21 July 2006

Public consumption constitutes a greater proportion of GNP in 2005 than in 2001


Tuesday, 18 July 2006

Majority for change to regulation of the State Education Grant (SU)


Monday, 12 June 2006

Robert J. Barro's "Denmark Notes": Tax Reform and Economic Growth


Sunday, 11 June 2006

Dynamic effects: Twice the effect in the cutting in the top rate of tax in relation to employment relief


Sunday, 11 June 2006

Today Denmark is the most equal country in the world and after the discontinuation of the top rate of tax, Denmark will continue to be the most equal country in the world


Tuesday, 23 May 2006

The state school seen in a new light


Wednesday, 10 May 2006

Private property rights as human rights


Saturday, 15 April 2006

The alternative to the budget slide since 1993 could be a marginal tax of 40 percent for everybody


Sunday, 2 April 2006

What would you give for early retirement benefit? Fact and fiction about the Danes’ view of the reform of the early retirement scheme


Thursday, 30 Mars 2006

Support for sunset clauses in the government’s anti-terror package


Tuesday, 28 March 2006

OECD's “Taxing Wages”: High marginal tax for payers of the top rate of tax


Friday, 24 March 2006

Immigration policy and the expansion of the EU


Monday, 13 March 2006

The voters’ attitudes and the parties’ initiatives: Some perspectives for the centre right-liberal fight for culture and values


Friday, 17 February 2006

Public consumption constitutes a higher proportion of macro-economics under the VK government than under the SR government


Tuesday, 14 February 2006

Danes’ working hours at the bottom of the OECD


Friday, 20 January 2006

Privatisation report:


Monday, 16 January 2006

Change to regulation of rates: Significant potential with regards to tax policy scope and finance policy consolidation


Saturday, 31 December 2005

International comparison: High marginal tax in DK for payers of top rate of tax


Saturday, 10 December 2005

www.karakter.dk – More openness and transparency


Saturday, 10 December 2005

www.karakter.dk – what do the figures show in 2005?


Wednesday, 30 November 2005

Job growth in the public sector without popular support


Friday, 18 November 2005

Danish private consumption per inhabitant


Tuesday, 8 November 2005

The myth about municipal cutbacks


Friday, 21 October 2005

Equality versus justice


Monday, 17 October 2005

Share and capital income taxation


Saturday, 1 October 2005

New note concerning the Danes’ dependence on public funds


Wednesday, 28 September 2005

Inequality and growth


Wednesday, 28 September 2005

Contentment with life


Thursday, 8 September 2005

Economic effects of introducing the service directive


Thursday, 8 September 2005

Economic Freedom of the World


Saturday, 13 August 2005

It's not the Economy, Stupid!


Saturday, 13 August 2005

www.karakter.dk – freedom of choice and transparency


Saturday, 13 August 2005

What does the grade average show


Thursday, 30 June 2005

Productive destruction: Breaking up, building and environmental improvement


Tuesday, 28 June 2005

The facts about flat tax


Monday, 27 June 2005

Flat tax: Some definitions and considerations


Friday, 24 June 2005

Essay: It’s my responsibility, not yours


Monday, 2 May 2005

CEPOS' note concerning the Danes’ dependence on public funds


Monday, 11 April 2005

CEPOS' note concerning the discontinuation of early retirement benefit


Wednesday, 9 Mars 2005

Ten sound principles for good policies


Tuesday, 8 March 2005

CEPOS' note concerning latitude