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Welfare Policies in the UNECE Region: Why so Different?

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Alberto Alesina (Harvard University)
Abstract

This paper provides the text of the Gunnar Myrdal Lecture presented at the U.N. Palais des Nations in 2006. It provides an analysis of why different countries in the western world have chosen different models of the welfare state. It discusses why the American welfare system is less generous than the typical European system, emphasizing the causes and implications of these differences. The variations in welfare systems within western Europe -- the Nordic system, the Anglo-Saxon system, and the Continental and Mediterranean systems -- are compared in terms of their effectiveness, successes and failures.

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Paper provided by UNECE in its series ECE Discussion Papers Series with number 2006_3.

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Length: 11 pages
Date of creation: Mar 2006
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Publication status: Published in UNECE Discussion Paper Series, No. 2006_3
Handle: RePEc:ece:dispap:2006_3

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Keywords: Welfare; Europe; Myrdal;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
P50 - Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - General
P51 - Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - Comparative Analysis of Economic Systems
P10 - Economic Systems - - Capitalist Systems - - - General
H50 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - General
H10 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - General
I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - General
E64 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Incomes Policy; Price Policy

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