Equity, efficiency, and growth
the future of the welfare state
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Contributions
- Baldassarri, Mario, 1946- - Contributor
- Paganetto, Luigi. - Contributor
- Phelps, Edmund S. - Contributor
Publication
1996 - St. Martin's Press in association with Rivista di Politica Economica, SIPI, Rome and CEIS, University 'Tor Vergata', Rome, New York, N.Y, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
107,000 words, Guess
Page Count
428 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL815539M
- ISBN-100312160143
- OCLC Control Number33983205
- OCLC Control Numberequityefficiency0000unse_r5g6
- Library of Congress Control Number95053121
and 1 more
- Goodreads5143605
Classifications
- DDC361.6/5
- LCCHB846 .E68 1996
Description
In the post-war period, spending on social security, health and education has grown continuously in the leading industrialized countries. The considerable size of this spending as a percentage of GDP together with the ageing population raise doubts on the sustainability of welfare spending. These doubts have been accompanied in recent years by an increasing awareness of the allocational inefficiencies and the distributive inequalities caused by the provision of some social services. The welfare state should therefore be reconstructed not only through readjustment of the social security system but also a change in unemployment benefits and the taxation of workers to avoid the perverse spiral that may be produced in the future by cuts in welfare benefits, growing unemployment and the need to further reduce the social security services.
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Series Statement
- Central issues in contemporary economic theory and policy
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