The welfare state in Europe
Subtitle: challenges and reforms
By: edited by Marco Buti, Daniele Franco, Lucio R. Pench
Contributors: Buti, Marco; Franco, Daniele, 1953-; Pench, Lucio R., 1957-
Publisher: Elgar
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 484
Subjects: Public welfare -- Europe; Welfare state; Welfare economics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Reconciling the welfare state with sound public finances and high employment / Marco Buti, Daniele Franco and Lucio R. Pench; title: The economics of the welfare state: an incomplete debate / Anthony B. Atkinson; title: Welfare state dynamics / Assar Lindbeck; title: Social insurance based on personal savings accounts: a possible reform strategy for overburdened welfare states? / Stefan Fölster; title: Expanding the welfare system: a proposal for reform / J. Michael Orszag and Dennis J. Snower; title: On economic benefits and fiscal requirements of moving from unfunded to funded pensions / Robert Holzmann; title: Retirement income financing reform; title: a general issues paper / Gerassimos Thomas; title: Reform of the social security system in France: challenges and prospects / Nathalie Darnaut; title: Ageing and fiscal policies in the European Union / Daniele Franco and Teresa Munzi