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The dog that didn't bark: economic development and the postwar welfare state

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This paper focuses on the linkages between postwar economic and social policy development. Examining the relationship between affluence and levels of welfare over the period as a whole reveals a tendency for social expenditure effort to be higher in moderately affluent then in extremely affluent nations. Turning to the question of how economic growth impacted on welfare expansion in the early postwar decades, the paper argues that growth was a necessary, rather than a sufficient, condition of welfare development. Finally, analysis of the era of welfare containment suggests that domestic economic performance has been the main factor conditioning expenditure change

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  • Castles, Francis G., 2000. "The dog that didn't bark: economic development and the postwar welfare state," European Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 8(3), pages 313-332, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:eurrev:v:8:y:2000:i:03:p:313-332_00
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    1. Frisina Doetter, Lorraine & Götze, Ralf, 2011. "The changing role of the state in the Italian healthcare system," TranState Working Papers 150, University of Bremen, Collaborative Research Center 597: Transformations of the State.
    2. Kubilay Kaptan, 2017. "RETRACTED ARTICLE: Probability of Being ‘Multidimensional’ Poor," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 131(1), pages 439-439, March.
    3. Caroline Dewilde, 2008. "Individual and institutional determinants of multidimensional poverty: A European comparison," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 86(2), pages 233-256, April.

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