Welfare Economics

Economic Theory and the Welfare State

Edited by Nicholas Barr

This authoritative collection brings together 100 key articles on the subject of the welfare state selected by one of the world’s leading experts. The first volume discusses the economic theory and related matters which underpin analy...

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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.

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Welfare Economics

Edited by William J. Baumol, Charles A. Wilson

This major three-volume work contains key papers which reflect the innovation and imagination that has characterised the field of welfare economics during the last 50 years. The selections range from literary treatments to the most adva...

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Taxation, Welfare and the Crisis of Unemployment in Europe

Edited by Marco Buti, Paolo Sestito, Hans Wijkander

This book analyses the impact of European tax and benefit systems on incentives to create and take up jobs. European policymakers face tough choices as reforms to these systems are costly and recognising and understanding the complex tra...

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The Foundations of the Welfare State

Edited by Robert E. Goodin, Deborah Mitchell

This three-volume compendium reproduces all the key texts on the welfare state – its rise and fall, its varying rationales and instrumentalities, its different forms in different periods and different places. Political history and socia...

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Economic Welfare

Edited by Tyler Cowen

Economic Welfare presents an important collection of leading writings in the fields of policy evaluation. The volume focuses on the conceptual issues behind welfare economics, drawing upon contributions from economics, moral philosophy ...

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The Welfare State in Europe

Edited by Marco Buti, Daniele Franco, Lucio R. Pench

This book analyses the main problems in the functioning of the welfare state and possible actions for its reform. Focusing on the European Union, it looks at the achievements of and challenges to the welfare state as we enter the 21st c...

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Globalization and the Welfare State

Ramesh Mishra

Globalization and the Welfare State is highly accessible and will be welcomed by students and scholars of social policy, social work, political science and sociology as well as by policymakers in international organizations and government.

Paperback (2000)

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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...

Hardback (December 1999)

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Economic Welfare: Concepts and Measurement

Edited by John Creedy

In conducting a rational analysis of public policy, it is very important to quantify the extent of costs and benefits to individuals resulting from changes in taxes and the price level. Economists seek to provide a money measure of the ...

Hardback (1999)

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Measuring Welfare Changes and Tax Burdens

John Creedy

This book is concerned with some of the conceptual and practical problems of measuring the changes in welfare of individuals and the excess burdens arising from taxation. It provides an introductory review of alternative concepts and pr...

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