Why doesn't the US have a European-style welfare system?
By: Alberto Alesina, Edward Glaeser, Bruce Sacerdote.
Contributors: Glaeser, Edward L. 1967-; Sacerdote, Bruce.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- no. 8524; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) -- working paper no. 8524.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 50
Subjects: Public welfare -- United States.; Public welfare -- Europe.; Income distribution -- United States.; Income distribution -- Europe.; Poor -- Political activity -- United States.; Minorities -- United States -- Economic conditions.; Representative government and representation.
Other titles: Why doesn't the United States have a European-style welfare system?
Notes: "October 2001."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 40-42).

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