The decline of the welfare state : demography and globalization / Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka ; in cooperation with Chang Woon Nam.
"In The Decline of the Welfare State, Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka use a political economy framework to analyze the effects of aging populations, migration, and globalization on the deteriorating system of financing welfare state benefits as we know them. Their timely analysis, supported by a u...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
[2005]
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| Series: | CESifo book series.
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| Summary: | "In The Decline of the Welfare State, Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka use a political economy framework to analyze the effects of aging populations, migration, and globalization on the deteriorating system of financing welfare state benefits as we know them. Their timely analysis, supported by a unified theoretical framework and empirical findings, demonstrates how the combined forces of demographic change and globalization will make it impossible for the welfare state to maintain itself on its present scale."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 133 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-125) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0262182440 9780262182447 |