The decline of the welfare state : demography and globalization

The decline of the welfare state : demography and globalization / Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka ; in cooperation with Chang Woon Nam.

An analysis of the welfare state from a political economy perspective that examines the effects of aging populations, migration, and globalization on industrialized economies. In The Decline of the Welfare State, Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka use a political economy framework to analyze the effects o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Razin, Assaf
Other Authors: Sadka, Efraim, Nam, Ch. W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2005.
Series:CESifo book series.
Subjects:
Welfare state.
Aging.
Emigration and immigration.
Globalization.
globalism.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Theory.
Aging
Emigration and immigration
Globalization
Welfare state
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Table of Contents:
  • Overview
  • Aging, migration, and the widening wage gap
  • Migration and the welfare state
  • Balanced-budget rules and the downscaling of the welfare state
  • The capital-tax-financed welfare state
  • Aging and the welfare state : empirical evidence
  • Capital taxation : the shadow of international tax competition
  • The downward convergence of capital taxation across countries : evidence from the European Union.

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