In the post-war period, spending on social security, health and education has grown continuously in the leading industrialized countries. The considerable size of this spending as a percentage of GDP together with the ageing population raise doubts on the sustainability of welfare spending. These doubts have been accompanied in recent years by an increasing awareness of the allocational inefficiencies and the distributive inequalities caused by the provision of some social services. The welfare state should therefore be reconstructed not only through readjustment of the social security system but also a change in unemployment benefits and the taxation of workers to avoid the perverse spiral that may be produced in the future by cuts in welfare benefits, growing unemployment and the need to further reduce the social security services.
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In the post-war period, spending on social security, health and education has grown continuously in the leading industrialized countries. The considerable size of this spending as a percentage of GDP together with the ageing population raise doubts on the sustainability of welfare spending. These doubts have been accompanied in recent years by an increasing awareness of the allocational inefficiencies and the distributive inequalities caused by the provision of some social services. The welfare state should therefore be reconstructed not only through readjustment of the social security system but also a change in unemployment benefits and the taxation of workers to avoid the perverse spiral that may be produced in the future by cuts in welfare benefits, growing unemployment and the need to further reduce the social security services.
Imprint | Palgrave Macmillan |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Central Issues in Contemporary Economic Theory and Policy |
Release date | July 1996 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 1996 |
Editors | Mario Baldassarri, Luigi Paganetto, Edmund S. Phelps |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 34mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket |
Pages | 426 |
Edition | 1996 ed. |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-312-16014-2 |
Barcode | 9780312160142 |
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LSN | 0-312-16014-3 |