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The Political Economy of Redistributive Social Security

Pierre Pestieau

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Description:Long before economists, political scientists have studied the evolution of the welfare state, its elusive retrenchment and its long due reforms. With their own concepts and tools, they thus contribute to the debate in a number of interesting respects.2 First, they characterize a social program by at least two dimensions: its size and its benefit rule. The size is measured by the percentage of spending in the GDP; one sometimes speaks of the generosity of a program instead of its relative size. The benefit rule pertains to the link between contributions and benefits that can be more or less tight. It ranges from means-tested to earnings-related benefits through flat rate benefits. Political scientists observe that universal schemes often enjoy the greatest political support. The more comprehensive and thus costly the welfare state, the more peoples' lives will be organized around its programs (health care, retirement) and the more difficult it will be to curtail them. This is particularly true of social security: since everybody eventually ages, there is a ready-made coalition in favor of generous pensions.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Political Economy of Redistributive Social Security. To get started finding The Political Economy of Redistributive Social Security, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 1999

ISBN: 6613797634

Description: Long before economists, political scientists have studied the evolution of the welfare state, its elusive retrenchment and its long due reforms. With their own concepts and tools, they thus contribute to the debate in a number of interesting respects.2 First, they characterize a social program by at least two dimensions: its size and its benefit rule. The size is measured by the percentage of spending in the GDP; one sometimes speaks of the generosity of a program instead of its relative size. The benefit rule pertains to the link between contributions and benefits that can be more or less tight. It ranges from means-tested to earnings-related benefits through flat rate benefits. Political scientists observe that universal schemes often enjoy the greatest political support. The more comprehensive and thus costly the welfare state, the more peoples' lives will be organized around its programs (health care, retirement) and the more difficult it will be to curtail them. This is particularly true of social security: since everybody eventually ages, there is a ready-made coalition in favor of generous pensions.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Political Economy of Redistributive Social Security. To get started finding The Political Economy of Redistributive Social Security, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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