The Future of the Welfare State

by Torben M. Andersen (Editor), Karl-Ove Moene (Editor), Agnar Sandmo (Editor)

The topic is the welfare state, broadly defined. The papers deal with various aspects of welfare spending, such as incentives problems, distribution consequences, financial considerations, insurance, private vs public provision, the need for reforms, etc. The contributions discuss problems of the welfare state as well as evaluations of its results.

197 pages, Paperback

First published July 17, 1996