Economics of the Welfare State - Brossura

Barr, Nicholas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0199297819 ISBN 13: 9780199297818

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2012

Riassunto

The fifth edition of this successful textbook discusses the different parts of the welfare system, in particular, cash benefits, health care and education. The text argues that the welfare state does not exist only to help the underprivileged, but also for reasons of efficiency, in areas where private markets would be inefficient or would not exist at all.

Suitable for economics students and for students on related disciplines such as social policy and political economy, this book is accessible and contains a non-technical appendix to each of the theory chapters, diagrams, additional readings, worked examples and end of chapter discussions.

Online Resource Centre

For students:
- Web links
- Further reading
- Links to related Oxford Scholarship Online titles

For lecturers:
- PowerPoint slides - these have been expanded for the fifth edition

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Nicholas Barr is Professor of Public Economics in the European Institute at the London School of Economics.

Contenuti:

• Part 1: Concepts
• 1: Introduction
• 2: Political theory: Social justice and the state
• 3: Economic theory 1: State intervention
• 4: Economic theory 2: Insurance
• 5: Problems of definition and measurement
• Part 2: Cash benefits
• 6: Insurance: Unemployment, sickness, and disability
• 7: Consumption smoothing: Old age pensions
• 8: Poverty relief
• 9: Strategies for reform
• Part 3: Benefits in kind
• 10: Health and health care
• 11: School education
• 12: Higher education
• Part 4: Epilogue
• 13: Conclusion

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0199297819
• ISBN 13: 9780199297818
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 5
• Numero di pagine: 412