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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456062203321

Titolo

Sweden's welfare state [[electronic resource] ] : can the bumblebee keep flying? / / Subhash Thakur ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : International Monetary Fund, c2003

ISBN

1-4623-2088-0

1-4527-4023-2

1-283-53764-8

9786613850096

1-4519-4004-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (151 p.)

Collana

Books

Altri autori (Persone)

ThakurSubhash Madhav <1946->

Disciplina

330.9485

Soggetti

Welfare state

Public welfare - Sweden

Labor market - Sweden

Electronic books.

Sweden Economic policy

Sweden Economic conditions

Sweden Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-128) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1 Introduction and Overview""; ""2 Main Elements of the Swedish Welfare State""; ""3 The Swedish Growth Experience""; ""4 Growth, Government, and the Welfare State""; ""5 Labor Market Interventions""; ""6 Investment and Savings""; ""7 Redistribution""; ""8 Pressures on the Welfare State""; ""9 Achievements, Lessons, and the Way Ahead""; ""Appendix A Primer on Marginal and Average Effective Rates of Capital Income Taxation""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""The Authors""