Institutions for Social Well Being Alternatives for Europe [Hardcover]

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.Introduction; L.Costabile European Union Social Policy in a Globalising Context; A.B.Atkinson Conditions of Social Vulnerability, Work and Low Income: Evidence for Europe in Comparative Perspective; T.Munzi & T.Smeeding The Enforcement-Equality Tradeoff; S.Bowles &? A.Jayadev Insurance, Redistribution and the Welfare State: Economic Theory and International Comparisons; R.Artoni & ?A.Casarico Social Models, Growth and Key Currencies; L.Costabile & ?R.Scazzieri Care Regimes and the European Employment Rate; F.Bettio & ?J.Plantenga The Swedish Model in the Era of Integration and Globalisation; B.Gustafsson Cultural Diversity and Economic Solidarity; M.D'Antoni & ?U.Pagano Conclusion; L.CostabileROBERTO ARTONI Professor of Public Economics, Bocconi University, Milan, ItalyTONY ATKINSON Professor of Economics, University of Oxford; Fellow, Nuffield College, UKFRANCESCA BETTIO Professor of Labour Economics, University of Siena, ItalySAMUEL BOWLES Professor of Economics, University of Siena, Italy; Research Professor and Director of the Behavioral Sciences Program, Santa Fe InstituteALESSANDRA CASARICO Associate Professor of Public Economics, Bocconi University, Milan, ItalyMASSIMO D'ANTONI Associate Professor of Public Economics, University of Siena, ItalyBJ?RN A. GUSTAFSSON Professor, Department of Social Work, G?teborg University, Sweden; Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, GermanyARJUN JAYADEV Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USATERESA MUNZI Researcher, LIS (Luxembourg Income Study)UGO PAGANO Director, Doctoral School in Economics and President, Graduate School S. ChlÓ'