Good intentions, bad outcomes [[electronic resource] ] : social policy, informality, and economic growth in Mexico / / Santiago Levy

• Autore: Levy Santiago
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (377 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.10972
• Soggetto geografico: Mexico Social policy; Mexico Social conditions 1970-
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-347) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Institutions, Workers, and Social Programs; Formality and Informality; Workers' Valuation of Social Programs; Social Programs and Poor Workers; Mobility of Workers in the Labor Market; Social Programs, Welfare, and Productivity; Productivity and Illegal Firms; Investment and Growth under Informality; Social Programs and the Fiscal Accounts; Can Social Policy Increase Welfare and Growth; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Appendix 5; Appendix 6; Appendix 7; Appendix 8; Appendix 9; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "Argues that incoherent social programs significantly contribute to poverty and little growth. Proposes converting the existing social security system into universal social entitlements. Advocates eliminating wage-based social security contributions and raising consumption taxes on higher-income households to increase the rate of GDP growth, reduce inequality, and improve benefits for workers"--Provided by publisher.
• Titolo autorizzato: Good intentions, bad outcomes
• ISBN: 1-282-13132-X; 9786612131325; 0-8157-0163-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778022503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II