Current issues in the economics of welfare
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Current issues in the economics of welfare
（Current issues in economics）
Macmillan Press, 1993
- : hardcover
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-247) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
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
Table of Contents
- 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
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