The Future of the Welfare State - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0631195769 ISBN 13: 9780631195764

Casa editrice: Blackwell Pub, 1996

Riassunto

The topic is the welfare state, broadly defined. The papers deal with various aspects of welfare spending, such as incentives problems, distribution consequences, financial considerations, insurance, private vs public provision, the need for reforms, etc. The contributions discuss problems of the welfare state as well as evaluations of its results.

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The welfare state faces a troubled future in most Western countries. The challenge is to ensure a welfare state which can adapt flexibly to external and internal changes. The present collection of papers takes as its starting point that creating a future for the welfare state requires a better understanding of how it works as a provider of public goods and private goods, social insurance, health services, and social redistribution via taxes and benefits. It is important to study how financing and operating welfare states affect people's incentives, norms and behaviour in an environment characterized by increasing mobility of both capital and labor.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Blackwell Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0631195769
• ISBN 13: 9780631195764
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 197
• Redattore: Andersen Torben M., Moene Karl Ove, Sandmo Agnar
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile