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Institutions for Social Well Being L. Costabile

Institutions for Social Well Being By L. Costabile

Institutions for Social Well Being by L. Costabile


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This book examines the efficiency and effectiveness of economic policies in Europe, and explores the implications for social equity. It argues for an integrated approach to economic and social objectives, and discusses the ways in which welfare states and institutions can contribute to equity and efficiency objectives.

Institutions for Social Well Being Summary

Institutions for Social Well Being: Alternatives for Europe by L. Costabile

This book examines the efficiency and effectiveness of economic policies in Europe, and explores the implications for social equity. It argues for an integrated approach to economic and social objectives, and discusses the ways in which welfare states and institutions can contribute to equity and efficiency objectives.

About L. Costabile

ROBERTO ARTONI Professor of Public Economics, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy TONY ATKINSON Professor of Economics, University of Oxford; Fellow, Nuffield College, UK FRANCESCA BETTIO Professor of Labour Economics, University of Siena, Italy SAMUEL BOWLES Professor of Economics, University of Siena, Italy; Research Professor and Director of the Behavioral Sciences Program, Santa Fe Institute ALESSANDRA CASARICO Associate Professor of Public Economics, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy MASSIMO D'ANTONI Associate Professor of Public Economics, University of Siena, Italy BJOERN A. GUSTAFSSON Professor, Department of Social Work, Goeteborg University, Sweden; Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany ARJUN JAYADEV Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA TERESA MUNZI Researcher, LIS (Luxembourg Income Study) UGO PAGANO Director, Doctoral School in Economics and President, Graduate School S. Chiara, University of Siena; Visiting Professor, CEU (Budapest), Hungary JANNEKE PLANTENGA Professor, Utrecht School of Economics, The Netherlands ROBERTO SCAZZIERI Professor of Economic Analysis, University of Bologna, Italy; Senior Member, Gonville and Caius College and Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, UK TIMOTHY M. SMEEDING Distinguished Professor of Economics and Public Administration, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, USA; Founding Director, Center for Policy Research, Syracuse University; Founder and Director Emeritus, Luxembourg Income Study Project

Table of Contents

Introduction; L.Costabile European Union Social Policy in a Globalising Context; A.B.Atkinson Conditions of Social Vulnerability, Work and Low Income: Evidence for Europe in Comparative Perspective; T.Munzi & T.Smeeding The Enforcement-Equality Tradeoff; S.Bowles & A.Jayadev Insurance, Redistribution and the Welfare State: Economic Theory and International Comparisons; R.Artoni & A.Casarico Social Models, Growth and Key Currencies; L.Costabile & R.Scazzieri Care Regimes and the European Employment Rate; F.Bettio & J.Plantenga The Swedish Model in the Era of Integration and Globalisation; B.Gustafsson Cultural Diversity and Economic Solidarity; M.D'Antoni & U.Pagano Conclusion; L.Costabile

Additional information

NPB9780230538061
9780230538061
0230538061
Institutions for Social Well Being: Alternatives for Europe by L. Costabile
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2008-04-30
242
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