Welfare Economics
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Rethinking the Welfare State
Edited by Martin Rein, Winfried Schmähl
In this book a distinguished group of contributors discuss the changing political economy of pension reform. They focus on those countries which have launched a significant reframing of their pension system. Each chapter provides a de... -
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Restructuring the Welfare State
Virpi Timonen
What happens to extensive and generous welfare states when they are faced with serious economic crisis and the effects of globalization? This thorough analysis of the processes of social policy restructuring in two Nordic welfare states ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Economics of Heritage
Edited by IIde Rizzo, Ruth Towse
Based on the assumption that without understanding institutions, economists cannot make satisfactory policy prescriptions, this book draws some insightful conclusions on the strengths and limitations of applied economics in the field of ... -
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Modelling Income Distribution
John Creedy
This book collects recent research on modelling income distribution and redistribution by John Creedy and a number of other eminent co-authors. The book opens with the main results of a research programme, largely with Vance Martin, on d... -
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Copyright in the Cultural Industries
Edited by Ruth Towse
Several of the authors question the efficacy of copyright, which is increasingly regarded as benefiting multinational organisations rather than individual authors and performers. Others are less critical of copyright per se, but question...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Price of Virtue
Vivien Foster, Susana Mourato, David Pearce, Ece Özdemiroglu
The authors of this pioneering book attempt to address this problem by utilizing survey techniques, originally developed in environmental economics, to place an economic value on the benefits provided by the voluntary sector in the UK.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Economics, Welfare Policy and the History of Economic Thought
Edited by Martin M.G. Fase, Walter Kanning, Donald A. Walker
In this book, internationally renowned scholars, including two Nobel Laureates, have been drawn together to celebrate Arnold Heertje’s rich contribution to the field of economics. Their essays reflect his influence in the areas of econom... -
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Enterprise and the Welfare State
Edited by Martin Rein, Eskil Wadensjö
Enterprise and the Welfare State argues that there is more to welfare than simply provision by the state and so the focus of this book is on the welfare society rather than the welfare state. This requires a new system of statistical acc... -
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Challenges to the Welfare State
Edited by Henry Cavanna
Challenges to the Welfare State examines and assesses cultural, economic and political problems facing welfare states in Europe and North America and provides policy suggestions to alleviate these problems. An important group of authors... -
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Fiscal Policy and Social Welfare
John Creedy
In Fiscal Policy and Social Welfare John Creedy examines alternative tax and transfer systems and their redistributive effects.
