Underlying the current political and academic debate on the welfare state are two basic issues: What are the needs of individuals and social groups, and what resources do they have to meet those needs?
In Money Matters a distinguished team of contributors address these questions with an analysis of the social distribution of financial welfare and its consequences for individuals' standards of living. The result is a fascinating and detailed account of the distribution of wealth and poverty in Britain today.
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'There are some books...which provide the kind of solid, useful information and analysis that makes for the ideal textbook. This is one such book.' -- Journal of Social Policy
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978-0-8039-8128-7 (9780803981287)
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Introduction - Gillian Parker and Robert Walker
PART ONE: FINANCIAL NEEDS AND COSTS
The Cost of Household Formation - Robert Walker
The Costs of Child Rearing - Deborah Mitchell and Ken Cooke
The Costs of Ageing and Retirement - Robert Walker and Sandra Hutton
The Costs of Disability - Caroline Glendinning and Sally Baldwin
The Costs of Unemployment - Ken Cooke
The Costs of Marital Breakdown - Jane Millar
PART TWO: FINANCIAL RESOURCES
Wages and Salaries - Chris Pond and Robin Smail
Non Wage Benefits from Employment - Robin Smail
New Patterns of Wealth - Stuart Lowe
The Growth of Owner Occupation
Welfare Benefits - Jonathan Bradshaw
Credit - Gillian Parker
PART THREE: MAKING ENDS MEET
Earning, Sharing, Spending - Jan Pahl
Married Couples and their Money
Indebtedness - Gillian Parker
PART FOUR: THE DISTRIBUTION OF FINANCIAL WELFARE
Income Distribution over the Life Cycle - Michael O'Higgins, Jonathan Bradshaw and Robert Walker
