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The economics of social protection / Lars Söderström

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Edward Elgar E-Book ArchivePublisher: Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass : Edward Elgar, 2008Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 180 p) : illISBN:
  • 9781848442955
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 184720239X | 9781847202390 (hardback) | Erscheint auch als: 9781847202390 (hardback) Druck-Ausgabe | Erscheint auch als: The economics of social protection. Druck-Ausgabe Cheltenham [u.a.] : Elgar, 2008. XI, 180 S.DDC classification:
  • 330.12/6 22
RVK: RVK: QX 000LOC classification:
  • HB99.3
DOI: DOI: 10.4337/9781848442955Online resources: Summary: This book focuses on arrangements for redistributing consumption opportunities over the life cycle and for providing compensation for income losses or large expenditures due to reasons such as illness and unemployment. After extensive coverage of the nature of inequalities in income and wealth in a market economy, and various notions of social justice, the author discusses public and private transfers in cash or in kind related to old age, childhood, illness and the like. Importantly, the book takes into account both equity and efficiency aspectsSummary: ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Inequality -- ch. 3. Social justice -- ch. 4. Pensions : basic model -- ch. 5. Pensions : extended model -- ch. 6. Liquidity constraints -- ch. 7. Income security -- ch. 8. Benefits in kindPPN: PPN: 1023440482Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE
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