An Essay on Welfare State Dynamics

Arbeitspapier

The expansion of welfare-state arrangements is seen as the result of dynamic interaction between market behaviour and political behaviour, often with considerable time lags, sometimes generating either virtuous or vicious circles. Such interaction may also involve induced (endogenous) changes in social norms and political pre­ferences. Moreover, the internationalisation process not only limits the ability of national governments to redistribute income; they also increase the political demands for international mobility of welfare-state benefits and social services. I also discuss the dynamics of reforms and retreats of welfare-state arrangements.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IUI Working Paper ; No. 595

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Structure and Scope of Government: General ; National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General
• Subject: Welfare State ; Welfare-State Dynamics ; Political Equilibrium ; Social Norms ; Sozialstaat ; Neue politische Ökonomie ; Soziale Werte ; Sozialreform ; Theorie ; Soziale Norm

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Lindbeck, Assar
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IUI)
• (where): Stockholm
• (when): 2003

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/81304
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