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The welfare state as piggy bank [[electronic resource] ] : information, risk, uncertainty, and the role of the state / / Nicholas Barr
The welfare state as piggy bank [[electronic resource] ] : information, risk, uncertainty, and the role of the state / / Nicholas Barr
Autore Barr N. A
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (316 p.)
Disciplina 330.12/6
Soggetto topico Welfare economics
Welfare state
Risk
Uncertainty
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 9786611944186
0-19-152989-3
1-281-94418-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; 1. Introduction; 1. Core Arguments; 2. The Welfare State and its Objectives; 3. Organization of the Book; Part 1. Economic Theory; 2. The Market and Information; 1. The Welfare State with Perfect Information; 2. Imperfect Information in the Goods Market; 3. Imperfect Information in Insurance Markets; 4. Implications; Part 2. Insurance; Introduction to Part 2; 3. The Mirage of Private Unemployment Insurance; 1. Objectives; 2. Information Problems; 3. Operational Problems; 4. Conclusions; 4. Problems with Medical Insurance; 1. Objectives
2. Information Problems 3. Funding Health Care: The Options; 4. Conclusions; 5. Twenty-First-Century Insurance Issues; 1. Genetic Screening; 2. Long-Term-Care Insurance; Part 3. Pensions; Introduction to Part 3; 6. The Economics of Pensions; 1. Objectives; 2. The Centrality of Output; 3. Uncertainty and Risk; 4. Information Problems; 7. Misleading Guides to Pension Design; 1. Macroeconomic Mythology; 2. Myths about Pension Design; 3. The Role of Government; 8. Pension Design: The Options; 1. Lessons from Economic Theory; 2. Essential Elements in Pension Reform; 3. Policy Choices
4. Conclusions 9. Twenty-First-Century Pensions Issues; 1. Population Ageing: Are Pensions Affordable?; 2. Portable Pensions: The Welfare State as Snail Shell; Part 4. Education; Introduction to Part 4; 10. Core Issues in the Economics of Education; 1. Objectives: What do we Mean by a 'Good' Education?; 2. Measuring the Benefits of Education; 3. What is the Efficient Level of Education Spending?; 11. Information Problems; 1. Information Problems in the Market for Education; 2. Information Problems, Risk and Uncertainty in Capital Markets; 12. Designing Student Loans; 1. Why Student Loans?
2. Organizing Repayments: Mortgage-Type Schemes 3. Organizing Repayments: Income-Contingent Schemes; 4. Other Features of Student Loans; 13. Financing Higher Education: The Options; 1. Lessons from Economic Theory; 2. Lessons from International Experience; 3. Conclusions; 14. Twenty-First-Century Education Issues; 1. Private Funding; 2. Student Loans and International Labour Mobility; 3. Rationalizing the Funding of Tertiary Education; 4. Individual Learning Accounts; Part 5. The Welfare State in a Changing World; Introduction to Part 5; 15. The Welfare State in Post-Communist Countries
1. The simple analytics of transition 2. Insurance: Assisting Labour-Market Adjustment; 3. Pensions; 4. Education; 16. The Welfare State in a Changing World; 1. Is the 'Crisis' a Crisis?; 2. A Continuing Welfare State; References; Index;
Record Nr. UNINA-9910465737503321
Barr N. A  
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
The welfare state as piggy bank [[electronic resource] ] : information, risk, uncertainty, and the role of the state / / Nicholas Barr
The welfare state as piggy bank [[electronic resource] ] : information, risk, uncertainty, and the role of the state / / Nicholas Barr
Autore Barr N. A
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (316 p.)
Disciplina 330.12/6
Soggetto topico Welfare economics
Welfare state
Risk
Uncertainty
ISBN 9786611944186
0-19-152989-3
1-281-94418-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; 1. Introduction; 1. Core Arguments; 2. The Welfare State and its Objectives; 3. Organization of the Book; Part 1. Economic Theory; 2. The Market and Information; 1. The Welfare State with Perfect Information; 2. Imperfect Information in the Goods Market; 3. Imperfect Information in Insurance Markets; 4. Implications; Part 2. Insurance; Introduction to Part 2; 3. The Mirage of Private Unemployment Insurance; 1. Objectives; 2. Information Problems; 3. Operational Problems; 4. Conclusions; 4. Problems with Medical Insurance; 1. Objectives
2. Information Problems 3. Funding Health Care: The Options; 4. Conclusions; 5. Twenty-First-Century Insurance Issues; 1. Genetic Screening; 2. Long-Term-Care Insurance; Part 3. Pensions; Introduction to Part 3; 6. The Economics of Pensions; 1. Objectives; 2. The Centrality of Output; 3. Uncertainty and Risk; 4. Information Problems; 7. Misleading Guides to Pension Design; 1. Macroeconomic Mythology; 2. Myths about Pension Design; 3. The Role of Government; 8. Pension Design: The Options; 1. Lessons from Economic Theory; 2. Essential Elements in Pension Reform; 3. Policy Choices
4. Conclusions 9. Twenty-First-Century Pensions Issues; 1. Population Ageing: Are Pensions Affordable?; 2. Portable Pensions: The Welfare State as Snail Shell; Part 4. Education; Introduction to Part 4; 10. Core Issues in the Economics of Education; 1. Objectives: What do we Mean by a 'Good' Education?; 2. Measuring the Benefits of Education; 3. What is the Efficient Level of Education Spending?; 11. Information Problems; 1. Information Problems in the Market for Education; 2. Information Problems, Risk and Uncertainty in Capital Markets; 12. Designing Student Loans; 1. Why Student Loans?
2. Organizing Repayments: Mortgage-Type Schemes 3. Organizing Repayments: Income-Contingent Schemes; 4. Other Features of Student Loans; 13. Financing Higher Education: The Options; 1. Lessons from Economic Theory; 2. Lessons from International Experience; 3. Conclusions; 14. Twenty-First-Century Education Issues; 1. Private Funding; 2. Student Loans and International Labour Mobility; 3. Rationalizing the Funding of Tertiary Education; 4. Individual Learning Accounts; Part 5. The Welfare State in a Changing World; Introduction to Part 5; 15. The Welfare State in Post-Communist Countries
1. The simple analytics of transition 2. Insurance: Assisting Labour-Market Adjustment; 3. Pensions; 4. Education; 16. The Welfare State in a Changing World; 1. Is the 'Crisis' a Crisis?; 2. A Continuing Welfare State; References; Index;
Record Nr. UNINA-9910792269803321
Barr N. A  
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
The welfare state as piggy bank : information, risk, uncertainty, and the role of the state / / Nicholas Barr
The welfare state as piggy bank : information, risk, uncertainty, and the role of the state / / Nicholas Barr
Autore Barr N. A
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (316 p.)
Disciplina 330.12/6
330.126
Soggetto topico Welfare economics
Welfare state
Risk
Uncertainty
ISBN 9786611944186
0-19-152989-3
1-281-94418-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; 1. Introduction; 1. Core Arguments; 2. The Welfare State and its Objectives; 3. Organization of the Book; Part 1. Economic Theory; 2. The Market and Information; 1. The Welfare State with Perfect Information; 2. Imperfect Information in the Goods Market; 3. Imperfect Information in Insurance Markets; 4. Implications; Part 2. Insurance; Introduction to Part 2; 3. The Mirage of Private Unemployment Insurance; 1. Objectives; 2. Information Problems; 3. Operational Problems; 4. Conclusions; 4. Problems with Medical Insurance; 1. Objectives
2. Information Problems 3. Funding Health Care: The Options; 4. Conclusions; 5. Twenty-First-Century Insurance Issues; 1. Genetic Screening; 2. Long-Term-Care Insurance; Part 3. Pensions; Introduction to Part 3; 6. The Economics of Pensions; 1. Objectives; 2. The Centrality of Output; 3. Uncertainty and Risk; 4. Information Problems; 7. Misleading Guides to Pension Design; 1. Macroeconomic Mythology; 2. Myths about Pension Design; 3. The Role of Government; 8. Pension Design: The Options; 1. Lessons from Economic Theory; 2. Essential Elements in Pension Reform; 3. Policy Choices
4. Conclusions 9. Twenty-First-Century Pensions Issues; 1. Population Ageing: Are Pensions Affordable?; 2. Portable Pensions: The Welfare State as Snail Shell; Part 4. Education; Introduction to Part 4; 10. Core Issues in the Economics of Education; 1. Objectives: What do we Mean by a 'Good' Education?; 2. Measuring the Benefits of Education; 3. What is the Efficient Level of Education Spending?; 11. Information Problems; 1. Information Problems in the Market for Education; 2. Information Problems, Risk and Uncertainty in Capital Markets; 12. Designing Student Loans; 1. Why Student Loans?
2. Organizing Repayments: Mortgage-Type Schemes 3. Organizing Repayments: Income-Contingent Schemes; 4. Other Features of Student Loans; 13. Financing Higher Education: The Options; 1. Lessons from Economic Theory; 2. Lessons from International Experience; 3. Conclusions; 14. Twenty-First-Century Education Issues; 1. Private Funding; 2. Student Loans and International Labour Mobility; 3. Rationalizing the Funding of Tertiary Education; 4. Individual Learning Accounts; Part 5. The Welfare State in a Changing World; Introduction to Part 5; 15. The Welfare State in Post-Communist Countries
1. The simple analytics of transition 2. Insurance: Assisting Labour-Market Adjustment; 3. Pensions; 4. Education; 16. The Welfare State in a Changing World; 1. Is the 'Crisis' a Crisis?; 2. A Continuing Welfare State; References; Index;
Record Nr. UNINA-9910820897803321
Barr N. A  
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui