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European integration and the welfare state

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  • Torben M. Andersen

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It is vividly debated how the ongoing process of European integration will affect the need and scope for welfare state activities. To some this process signals that welfare state activities have to be rolled back, while others stress that international integration may increase the need for (explicit or implicit) social insurance arrangements. This paper discusses these issues by first considering the possibilities of maintaining social welfare systems which are collectively financed through taxes and social security contributions, and the need for welfare state activities which provide social insurance when economies integrate. The paper ends by discussing some policy options. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003

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  • Torben M. Andersen, 2003. "European integration and the welfare state," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 16(1), pages 1-19, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jopoec:v:16:y:2003:i:1:p:1-19
    DOI: 10.1007/s001480200132
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    1. Bruno Amable & Donatella Gatti & Jan Schumacher, 2006. "Welfare-State Retrenchment: The Partisan Effect Revisited," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press and Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited, vol. 22(3), pages 426-444, Autumn.
    2. König, Jan & Skupnik, Christoph, 2012. "Labor market integration of migrants: Hidden costs and benefits in two-tier welfare states," Discussion Papers 2012/5, Free University Berlin, School of Business & Economics.
    3. Torben Andersen & Tryggvi Thor Herbertsson, 2005. "Quantifying globalization," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(10), pages 1089-1098.
    4. Amable, Bruno & Gatti, Donatella, 2004. "The Political Economy of Job Protection and Income Redistribution," IZA Discussion Papers 1404, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    5. Berthold, Norbert & Brunner, Alexander, 2007. "Gibt es ein europäisches Sozialmodell?," Discussion Paper Series 100, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Chair of Economic Order and Social Policy.
    6. Andersen, Torben M. & Herbertsson, Tryggvi Thor, 2003. "Measuring Globalization," IZA Discussion Papers 817, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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    Keywords

    JEL classification: H11; F15; Key words: Trade; risk; taxation and welfare policies;
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    JEL classification:

    • H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration

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