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Economics of the welfare state / Nicholas Barr.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xxii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0199297819
  • 9780199297818
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.1556 23
LOC classification:
  • HB846 .B37 2012
Contents:
Part 1: Concepts. Introduction -- Political theory : social justice and the state -- Economic theory 1 : state intervention -- Economic theory 2 : insurance -- Problems of definition and measurement -- Part 2: Cash benefits. Insurance : unemployment, sickness, and disability -- Consumption smoothing : old-age pensions -- Poverty relief -- Strategies for reform -- Part 3: Benefits in kind. Health and health care -- School education -- Tertiary education -- Part 4: Epilogue. Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-364) and index.

Part 1: Concepts. Introduction -- Political theory : social justice and the state -- Economic theory 1 : state intervention -- Economic theory 2 : insurance -- Problems of definition and measurement -- Part 2: Cash benefits. Insurance : unemployment, sickness, and disability -- Consumption smoothing : old-age pensions -- Poverty relief -- Strategies for reform -- Part 3: Benefits in kind. Health and health care -- School education -- Tertiary education -- Part 4: Epilogue. Conclusion.

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