Social Policies for a Recovery

Arbeitspapier

The fallout from the global economic downturn of 2008-09 is a continuing source of stress on families and a constraint on government policies. How can social policies contribute to a quick and equitable recovery from the crisis and how can they best respond to the difficulties that households continue to face? What role can and should social policy budgets play in improving the budget outlook of countries facing unsustainable government debt? And how should governments prioritise different areas of social spending when faced with heightened demand for support but, often, much reduced fiscal space? This paper addresses these questions in light of countries' experiences during the most recent and earlier economic downturns.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IZA Policy Paper ; No. 32

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs ; Labor Economics Policies ; Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General ; National Budget, Deficit, and Debt: General
• Thema: economic crisis ; social policy ; redistribution ; unemployment ; government spending ; Sozialpolitik ; Öffentliche Sozialleistungen ; Wirtschaftskrise ; Öffentliche Schulden ; Arbeitslosigkeit ; Verteilungswirkung ; OECD-Staaten

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Immervoll, Herwig ; Llena-Nozal, Ana
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (wo): Bonn
• (wann): 2011

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/91796
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ