The fifth edition of this successful textbook discusses the different parts of the welfare system, in particular, cash benefits, health care and education. The text argues that the welfare state does not exist only to help the underprivileged, but also for reasons of efficiency, in areas where private markets would be inefficient or would not exist at all.
Suitable for economics students and for students on related disciplines such as social policy and political economy, this book is accessible and contains a non-technical appendix to each of the theory chapters, diagrams, additional readings, worked examples and end of chapter discussions.
Online Resource Centre
For students:
- Web links
- Further reading
- Links to related Oxford Scholarship Online titles
For lecturers:
- PowerPoint slides - these have been expanded for the fifth edition
Auflage
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
3rd year undergraduate students in economics, social policy or political economy taking an optional module on the economics of the welfare state.
Editions-Typ
Maße
Höhe: 246 mm
Breite: 189 mm
Dicke: 22 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-19-929781-8 (9780199297818)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Nicholas Barr, Professor Nicholas Barr is Professor of Public Economics in the European Institute at the London School of Economics.
Autor*in
Professor Nicholas Barr is Professor of Public Economics in the European Institute at the London School of Economics.
PART 1: CONCEPTS; PART 2: CASH BENEFITS; PART 3: BENEFITS IN KIND; PART 4: EPILOGUE
