EBOOK Welfare State as Piggy Bank:Information, Risk, Uncertainty, and the Role of the State -

EBOOK Welfare State as Piggy Bank:Information, Risk, Uncertainty, and the Role of the State

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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780191608278
EAN: 1DCFEBE5EB
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Stron: 316
Data wydania: 2001
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Of the many functions of the welfare state, two are particularly prominent: the        'Robin Hood' function - the provision of poverty relief, the redistribution of        income and wealth, and the reduction of social exclusion; and the 'piggy bank'        function - ensuring mechanisms for insurance and for redistribution over the life        cycle. The piggy-bank function, unlike the redistributive purpose of the welfare        state, has received relatively little attention, and is not widely understood.          Thisbook redresses the balance. Nicholas Barr's central contention is        that---contrary to popular opinion---the welfare state exists for reasons additional        to poverty relief. These reasons - encapsulated by the piggy-bank function - arise        out of pervasive problems of imperfect information, risk, anduncertainty. Even if        all poverty and social exclusion could be eradicated, people would still need to        insure themselves and to redistribute over the life cycle. As a result, Barr argues,        the welfare state is here to stay, since twenty-first century developments do        nothing to undermine these reasons. He also explores ways in which the welfare state        can and will adapt to economic and social change, including specific, and sometimes        novel, solutions.The analysis in "e;The Welfare State as Piggy Bank"e; is international,        applying to advanced industrial countries, as well as addressing post-communist        countries, and touching upon middle-income developing countries. Barr's approach is        contemporary and forward-thinking. His discussion ranges over a number of topics of        central relevance to life in the twenty-first century, including genetic screening        and its impact on insurance; the convergence of private and social insurance; how to        financelong-term care; pension reform in the light of fluid family structures and a        mobile workforce; loans for financing investment in human capital; and new ways of        involving private finance in tertiary education.

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