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Institutions for Social Well Being

Alternatives for Europe

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  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. Lilia Costabile

    1. University of Naples, Italy
      Clare Hall, Cambridge University, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Lilia Costabile
    Pages 1-14

  3. European Union Social Policy in a Globalising Context

    • Anthony B. Atkinson
    Pages 15-32

  4. Conditions of Social Vulnerability, Work and Low Income: Evidence for Europe in Comparative Perspective

    • Teresa Munzi, Timothy Smeeding
    Pages 33-73

  5. The Enforcement-Equality Trade-off

    • Samuel Bowles, Arjun Jayadev
    Pages 74-94

  6. Insurance, Redistribution and the Welfare State: Economic Theory and International Comparisons

    • Roberto Artoni, Alessandra Casarico
    Pages 95-125

  7. Social Models, Growth and Key Currencies

    • Lilia Costabile, Roberto Scazzieri
    Pages 126-151

  8. Care Regimes and the European Employment Rate

    • Francesca Bettio, Janneke Plantenga
    Pages 152-175

  9. The Swedish Model in the Era of Integration and Globalisation

    • Björn Gustafsson
    Pages 176-197

  10. Cultural Diversity and Economic Solidarity

    • Massimo D’Antoni, Ugo Pagano
    Pages 198-221

  11. Conclusion

    • Lilia Costabile
    Pages 222-233

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 235-242
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This book examines the efficiency and effectiveness of economic policies in Europe, and explores the implications for social equity. It argues for an integrated approach to economic and social objectives, and discusses the ways in which welfare states and institutions can contribute to equity and efficiency objectives.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Naples, Italy

    Lilia Costabile

  • Clare Hall, Cambridge University, UK

    Lilia Costabile

About the editor

ROBERTO ARTONI Professor of Public Economics, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy TONY ATKINSON Professor of Economics, University of Oxford; Fellow, Nuffield College, UK FRANCESCA BETTIO Professor of Labour Economics, University of Siena, Italy SAMUEL BOWLES Professor of Economics, University of Siena, Italy; Research Professor and Director of the Behavioral Sciences Program, Santa Fe Institute ALESSANDRA CASARICO Associate Professor of Public Economics, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy MASSIMO D'ANTONI Associate Professor of Public Economics, University of Siena, Italy BJÖRN A. GUSTAFSSON Professor, Department of Social Work, Göteborg University, Sweden; Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany ARJUN JAYADEV Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA TERESA MUNZI Researcher, LIS (Luxembourg Income Study) UGO PAGANO Director, Doctoral School in Economics and President, Graduate School S. Chiara, University of Siena; Visiting Professor, CEU (Budapest), Hungary JANNEKE PLANTENGA Professor, Utrecht School of Economics, The Netherlands ROBERTO SCAZZIERI Professor of Economic Analysis, University of Bologna, Italy; Senior Member, Gonville and Caius College and Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, UK TIMOTHY M. SMEEDING Distinguished Professor of Economics and Public Administration, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, USA; Founding Director, Center for Policy Research, Syracuse University; Founder andDirector Emeritus, Luxembourg Income Study Project

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