Nicholas Barr

Economics of the Welfare State

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The fifth edition of this successful textbook discusses the different parts of the welfare system and, in particular, cash benefits, the health service, and education. The text is organized into four parts: Concepts, Cash benefits, Benefits in kind, and Epilogue.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 742g
• ISBN-13: 9780199297818
• ISBN-10: 0199297819
• Artikelnr.: 34565992

Inhaltsangabe

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