Current Issues in the Economics of Welfare
Published on 27. April 1993
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-333-55694-8 (ISBN)
Description
This latest volume in the Current Issues in Economics series contains specially commissioned articles by well known experts in the area of the Economics of Welfare. The contributions will be accessible to undergraduate students and cover topics of current interest, including Private and Social Insurance, Retirement Pensions, the Poverty Trap, Benefits, Incentives and Uncertainty, the Definition and Measurement of Poverty and Inequality, the Economics of Charity, Health Care Insurance and Provision, the Economics of Education and the Political Economy of Housing
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
324 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-55694-8 (9780333556948)
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N.A. Barr | David K. Whynes
Current Issues in the Economics of Welfare
Book
04/1993
Palgrave Macmillan
€35.89
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Content
Introductory Issues; N.Barr & D.Whynes - Private and Social Insurance, and the Contributory Principle; A.B.Atkinson - Retirement Pensions; N.Barr - The Poverty Trap; D.Whynes - Benefits, Incentives and Uncertainty; C.Dustmann & J.Micklewright - The Definition and Measurement of Poverty and Inequality; D.Piachaud - The Economics of Charity; A.M.Jones & J.W.Posnett - Health Care Insurance and Provision; A.J.Culyer - The Economics of Education: Changing Fortunes; H.Glennerster - Political Economy, Applied Welfare Economics and Housing in the UK; D.Maclennan & K.Gibb