What is the Domain of the Welfare State?

The paper examines the appropriate domain of the Welfare State by exploring the areas in which free enterprise fails to provide adequate welfare state services. The paper outlines a simple coherent strategy for formulating government welfare state policy by identifying the relevant market failures, government failures, and implementation costs. Two proposals for reform of the Welfare State are outlined.

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Year of publication:	1994-11
Authors:	Snower, Dennis J.
Institutions:	C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
Subject:	Education \| Free Enterprise \| Health \| Inequality \| Poverty \| Unemployment \| Welfare State

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	CEPR Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 1018
Classification:	H1 - Structure and Scope of Government ; H2 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue ; H4 - Publicly Provided Goods ; I1 - Health ; I2 - Education ; I3 - Welfare and Poverty ; P5 - Comparative Economic Systems
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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