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| Author: | Atkinson, A. |
| Title: | The welfare state, budgetary pressure and labor market shifts |
| Journal: | Scandinavian Journal of Economics
2000 : VOL. 102:3, p. 445-462 |
| Index terms: | WELFARE STATE TAXATION LABOUR MARKETS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Public debate about the welfare state in OECD countries has emphasized the need for reform to meet a twofold set of shocks: budgetary pressure and a labour market shift against unskilled workers. The aim of the paper is to set out a framework for examining the implications of these shocks for the optimal scale of social transfers and, in particular, the impact on different societies, distinguishing a restricted welfare state, labelled "the United States" and a more extensive welfare state, labelled "Continental Europe". |
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