TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barr,N.A.
TI  - Economics of the welfare state
SN  - 0199297819
AV  - HB846 .B37 2012
U1  - 330.1556 23
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Welfare economics
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - 1945-
N1  - 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
ER  -