Welfare economics

Between 1930 and the mid-1970s, several thousand Canadian-born children were adopted by families in the United States.

Bringing together top scholars in the field, Universality and Social Policy in Canada provides an overview of the universality principle in social welfare.

Bringing together top scholars in the field, Universality and Social Policy in Canada provides an overview of the universality principle in social welfare.

In The Rise and Fall of Moral Conflicts in the United States and Canada, sociologist Mildred A.

In The Rise and Fall of Moral Conflicts in the United States and Canada, sociologist Mildred A.

John Porter’s landmark study of social and ethnic inequality, The Vertical Mosaic, became an instant classic when it was first published in 1965.

John Porter’s landmark study of social and ethnic inequality, The Vertical Mosaic, became an instant classic when it was first published in 1965.

Between 1930 and the mid-1970s, several thousand Canadian-born children were adopted by families in the United States.

This edited volume is an interdisciplinary approach towards examining and integrating diverse theories, methodologies, and practices of social entrepreneurship.

Social capital is a concept which has only recently been incorporated into the social sciences.

Yew-Kwang Ng looks to make welfare economics more complete by discussing the recent inframarginal analysis of division of labour and by pushing welfare economics from the level of preference to that of happiness, making a reformulation of the foundation of public policy necessary.

Governments in the US, the UK and other nations around the world routinely consider and, in some cases, experiment with reforms of their income support systems.

Governments in the US, the UK and other nations around the world routinely consider and, in some cases, experiment with reforms of their income support systems.

Collecting and analyzing data on unemployment, inflation, and inequality help describe the complex world around us.

Collecting and analyzing data on unemployment, inflation, and inequality help describe the complex world around us.

This book, first published in 1974, provides a comprehensive review of the application of economic concepts to the appraisal of transport systems.

This book, first published in 1974, provides a comprehensive review of the application of economic concepts to the appraisal of transport systems.

Cash transfers are but one form of income supplementation, and a fuller presentation of antipoverty proposals would include both transfers in-kind (such as food, housing, and medical care) and human investment programs aimed at increasing the earning capacity of individuals.

Cash transfers are but one form of income supplementation, and a fuller presentation of antipoverty proposals would include both transfers in-kind (such as food, housing, and medical care) and human investment programs aimed at increasing the earning capacity of individuals.

For most of this century, the habit of thinking about politics and economics in terms of grand and simple alternatives has exerted a powerful influence over the minds of those concerned with economic organization.

For most of this century, the habit of thinking about politics and economics in terms of grand and simple alternatives has exerted a powerful influence over the minds of those concerned with economic organization.

This book, first published in 1989, assesses the existing tax and benefit systems as being beyond repair, and examines the case for integration.

This book, first published in 1989, assesses the existing tax and benefit systems as being beyond repair, and examines the case for integration.

Universal basic income is a controversial policy which is causing a stir amongst academics, politicians, journalists and policy-makers all over the world.

Universal basic income is a controversial policy which is causing a stir amongst academics, politicians, journalists and policy-makers all over the world.

This is the first scholarly analysis that examines the development and achievements of the American community development movement.

Since World War II the subject of social choice has grown in many and surprising ways.

This interdisciplinary collection of essays takes a hard look at the gap between increasingly costs expectations of welfare including other social needs and available revenues.

Since World War II the subject of social choice has grown in many and surprising ways.

A major part of the British government's privatization programme, which has been heralded as a radical break in government, were its oil assets.

In the post-war period, spending on social security, health and education has grown continuously in the leading industrialized countries.

The Scandinavian welfare-state model is changing.

'A brilliant critical and fresh look at the public choice school of thought.

One of the most important changes in industrialised societies is the trend to early retirement.

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Fundamental change is taking place in the provision of welfare services in Britain.

After reviewing the rise and decline of the UK system of industry wide collective bargaining, the authors use five detailed case studies to examine the process of decentralising bargaining from industry to single employer level.

Investigating Social Issues uses economic theory to analyse real events and problems and to evaluate different solutions.

This analysis proposes a political explanation for the breakdown of Keynesian full employment in Australia.

This non-technical volume analyses topical problems of public finance in a changing world characterized by growing mobility of production factors, liberalized economic policy regimes, and the formation of new nations.

This book offers a new look at the theory of traffic congestion, in the light of recent reassessments of the extensive surveys in London of traffic plans and speeds and, in particular, of journey speeds by all forms of transport.

The authors examine how the USA, Great Britain, France, Sweden and Germany have responded to the increasing challenge of international competition since the mid-1970s.