Economics of the Welfare State - Softcover

Barr, Nicholas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199297819 ISBN 13: 9780199297818

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 2012

Synopsis

The fifth edition of this successful textbook discusses the different parts of the welfare system and, in particular, cash benefits, the health service and education. The text argues that the welfare state does not exist just to help the underprivileged, but also for means of efficiency, in areas where the private markets would be inefficient or would not exist at all.

Suitable for both economics students and students on related disciplines, this book is accessible and contains a non-technical appendix in every chapter, diagrams, additional readings, worked examples and end of chapter discussions.

Online Resource Centre

For students:
- Web links
- Further reading
- Links to related Oxford Scholarship Online titles

For lecturers:
- PowerPoint slides - these have been expanded for the fifth edition

About this title

Product Description:

The fifth edition of this successful textbook discusses the different parts of the welfare system and, in particular, cash benefits, the health service, and education. The text is organized into four parts: Concepts, Cash benefits, Benefits in kind, and Epilogue.

Review:

'Nicholas Barr has written a very good book which deserves to become the standard text on the economics of the welfare state.' Journal of Social Policy

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0199297819
• ISBN 13: 9780199297818
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 410