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Welfare State and Growth. Beyond Activating Social Policies

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  • Elena Granaglia

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The last few decades have witnessed the diffusion, within Europe, of a new "activating" vision of social policy centred on supporting employment and promoting human capital. This vision has many attractive features in terms of both growth and equality of opportunity. Nevertheless, the article draws attention to two shortfalls: 1) the risk of institutional incoherence and 2) the risk of weakening social justice. Remedying these shortfalls requires a more comprehensive view of the connections between social policies, markets and growth.

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  • Elena Granaglia, 2014. "Welfare State and Growth. Beyond Activating Social Policies," QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria, Associazione Rossi Doria, issue 4, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:rar:journl:0289
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    Keywords

    Social investment state; Social policy and growth; Modernity of equality of conditions;
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    JEL classification:

    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement

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