The Role of Government in Work and Welfare

Societies typically have three objectives for work and welfare: sustained income/economic growth per capita, employment growth (and job security?), a just distribution of income along with access to certain basic services. There may be tensions between these objectives. This paper tries to sketch out the appropriate role for government with respect to the three objectives.

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Year of publication:	1998
Authors:	Keating, M.
Institutions:	Research School of Economics, College of Business and Economics
Subject:	EMPLOYMENT \| SOCIAL WELFARE \| ECONOMIC GROWTH \| INCOME DISTRIBUTION

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Series:	CEPR Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	32 pages
Classification:	O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity ; D31 - Personal Income, Wealth and Their Distributions ; H23 - Externalities; Redistributive Effects ; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies ; D6 - Welfare Economics
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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