Welfare economics books

1037 books were found.

Economics and Ethics: An Introduction

Economics and Ethics: An Introduction

Author: A. Dutt ,  C. Wilber
ISBN: 9780230575950
Format: Hardback
$277.20

This book provides an introduction to the relationship between economics and ethics, explaining why ethics enters...  Read More >>

Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: The Relationship to Youth Employment

Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World:...

Author: Jonathan Gruber ,  David A. Wise
ISBN: 9780226309484
Format: Hardback
$227.95

Many countries have social security systems that are financially unsustainable. This title offers a comparative...  Read More >>

Research Findings in the Economics of Aging

Research Findings in the Economics of Aging

Author: David A. Wise
ISBN: 9780226903064
Format: Hardback
$237.95

The baby boom generation's entry into old age has led to an unprecedented increase in the elderly population. The...  Read More >>

Charity With Choice

Charity With Choice

Author: R. Mark Issac ,  Doug Norton
ISBN: 9781849507684
Format: Hardback
$266.95

Deals with philanthropy. This title includes major themes in which the tools of choice, endogeneity, and self-selection...  Read More >>

Poverty Relief in a Mixed Economy: Theory of and Evidence for the (Changing) Role of Public and Nonprofit Actors in Coping with Income Poverty

Poverty Relief in a Mixed Economy: Theory of and Evidence...

Author: Karin Heitzmann
ISBN: 9783631559161
Format: Paperback
$116.70

Examines, both conceptually and empirically, the welfare mix in the activity field of poverty relief and specific...  Read More >>

World Crisis Effects on Social Security in Latin America and the Caribbean: Lessons and Policies

World Crisis Effects on Social Security in Latin America...

Author: Carmelo Mesa-Lago
ISBN: 9781900039970
Format: Paperback
$54.95

Assesses the effects of the world economic crisis on social security and welfare in the region. This book identifies...  Read More >>

Striving to Save: Creating Policies for Financial Security of Low-Income Families

Striving to Save: Creating Policies for Financial Security...

Author: Margaret Sherrard Sherraden ,  Amanda Moore McBride
ISBN: 9780472117123
Format: Hardback
$171.60

Examines savings in eighty-four working families with low incomes, including fifty-nine families who participated...  Read More >>

Wealth and Welfare States: Is America a Laggard or Leader?

Wealth and Welfare States: Is America a Laggard or Leader?...

Author: Irwin Garfinkel (Mitchell I. Ginsberg Professor of Contemporary Urban Problems, Columbia University School of Social Work) ,  Lee Rainwater (Professor of Sociology Emeritus, Harvard University)
ISBN: 9780199579310
Format: Paperback
$109.95

This book explores the role the welfare state in the overall wealth and wellbeing of nations and in particular looks...  Read More >>

Policies of Economic and Social Development in Europe: 11 th  Annual Conference of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration- Dedicated to the 120 th  Anniversary of St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia- Sofia, October 10 to 11, 2008

Policies of Economic and Social Development in Europe:...

Author: George Chobanov ,  Horst Schellhaass
ISBN: 9783631604120
Format: Hardback
$122.13

Dedicated to the proceedings of the 11th annual conference of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration...  Read More >>

Wealth and Welfare States: Is America a Laggard or Leader?

Wealth and Welfare States: Is America a Laggard or Leader?...

Author: Irwin Garfinkel (Mitchell I. Ginsberg Professor of Contemporary Urban Problems, Columbia University School of Social Work) ,  Lee Rainwater (Professor of Sociology Emeritus, Harvard University)
ISBN: 9780199579303
Format: Hardback
$263.00

This book explores the role the welfare state in the overall wealth and wellbeing of nations and in particular looks...  Read More >>

Ageing, Health and Pensions in Europe: An Economic and Social Policy Perspective

Ageing, Health and Pensions in Europe: An Economic and...

Author: Lans Bovenberg ,  A. Van Soest
ISBN: 9781349328680
Format: Paperback
$116.41

Providing an overview of the future research challenges for economists and social scientists concerning population...  Read More >>

Impact of TRIPS in India: An Access to Medicines Perspective

Impact of TRIPS in India: An Access to Medicines Perspective...

Author: P. Malhotra
ISBN: 9781349323487
Format: Paperback
$116.41

In India today only 35 percent of people have access to medicines. This book examines the rise of drug prices in...  Read More >>

Boosting Paychecks: The Politics of Supporting America's Working Poor

Boosting Paychecks: The Politics of Supporting America's...

Author: Daniel P. Gitterman
ISBN: 9780815703082
Format: Paperback
$49.99

When most people think of policies designed to help the poor, welfare is the first program that comes to mind. Traditionally...  Read More >>

Governance of Welfare State Reform: A Cross National and Cross Sectoral Comparison of Policy and Politics

Governance of Welfare State Reform: A Cross National...

Author: Irene Dingeldey ,  Heinz Rothgang
ISBN: 9781847201430
Format: Hardback
$266.00

Governance is now a major topic in political science. To date, analysts of governance have paid scant attention...  Read More >>

Poor Women in Rich Countries: The Feminization of Poverty Over the Life Course

Poor Women in Rich Countries: The Feminization of Poverty...

Author: Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg (Professor of Social Policy, Professor of Social Policy, Adelphi University)
ISBN: 9780195314304
Format: Paperback
$100.95

The first book to study women's poverty over the life course, this wide-ranging collection focuses on the economic...  Read More >>

Building Social Business

Building Social Business

Author: Muhammed Yunus
ISBN: 9789845060110
Format: Hardback
$51.75

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Happiness Around the World: The Paradox of Happy Peasants and Miserable Millionaires

Happiness Around the World: The Paradox of Happy Peasants...

Author: Carol Graham (Senior Fellow and Charles Robinson Chair, The Brookings Institution; College Park Professor, University of Maryland)
ISBN: 9780199549054
Format: Hardback
$65.87

The book reviews the theory and concepts of happiness, explaining how these concepts underpin a line of research...  Read More >>

Understanding the Social Economy: A Canadian Perspective

Understanding the Social Economy: A Canadian Perspective...

Author: Jack Quarter ,  Laurie Mook
ISBN: 9780802096456
Format: Paperback
$92.40

In Understanding the Social Economy, Quarter,Mook, and Armstrong integrate a wide array of organizations founded...  Read More >>

Understanding the Social Economy: A Canadian Perspective

Understanding the Social Economy: A Canadian Perspective...

Author: Jack Quarter ,  Laurie Mook
ISBN: 9780802096951
Format: Hardback
$211.20

In Understanding the Social Economy, Quarter,Mook, and Armstrong integrate a wide array of organizations founded...  Read More >>

Ethnicity and Labor Market Outcomes

Ethnicity and Labor Market Outcomes

Author: Amelie F. Constant ,  Konstantinos Tatsiramos
ISBN: 9781849506335
Format: Hardback
$332.95

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South Koreans in the Debt Crisis: The Creation of a Neoliberal Welfare Society

South Koreans in the Debt Crisis: The Creation of a...

Author: Jesook Song
ISBN: 9780822344810
Format: Paperback
$60.59

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