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OverviewThe objective of this Element is to provide an analysis of social protection from an economic perspective. It relies on tools and methods widely used in public and insurance economics and comprises four main section besides the introduction. The first section is devoted to the design of social protection programs and their political sustainability. The second section assesses the efficiency and performance of social protection programs, and of the welfare state as a whole. In the third section, the relative merits of social and private insurance are analyzed as well as the design of optimum insurance contract with emphasis on health and pensions. The last section focuses on the implications of asymmetric information that may lead governments to adopt policies that would otherwise be rejected in a perfect information setting. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Pierre Pestieau (Université de Liège and Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Weight: 0.231kg ISBN: 9781009454155ISBN 10: 1009454153 Publication Date: 28 September 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Design and sustainability; 3. Performance of the welfare state; 4. Social protection and private insurance; 5. Social policies under asymmetric information; 6. Conclusion; Appendix; References.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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