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Welfare Policies in the UNECE Region: Why so Different?

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  • Alberto Alesina

    (Harvard University)

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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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  • Alberto Alesina, 2006. "Welfare Policies in the UNECE Region: Why so Different?," ECE Discussion Papers Series 2006_3, UNECE.
    • Handle: RePEc:ece:dispap:2006_3
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    Keywords

    Welfare; Europe; Myrdal;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • P50 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - General
    • P51 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - Comparative Analysis of Economic Systems
    • P10 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - 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, Well-Being, 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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