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Incentives in the Welfare State: Lessons for would-be welfare states

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  • Lindbeck , Assar

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This paper deals with economic incentives and welfare-state arrangements in OECD countries. This paper emphasises what may be called "dynamic" incentive issues, i.e. incentive effects that envolve over time. The discussion also covers the interplay between incentives and social norms among individuals, including endogenous changes in these norms.

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  • Lindbeck , Assar, 1996. "Incentives in the Welfare State: Lessons for would-be welfare states," Working Paper Series 449, Research Institute of Industrial Economics.
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    • D60 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - General
    • D69 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Other
    • D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations

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