of the Welfare State. However, while these theories may be suited for explaining the development of public insurance or … theories, such as inequality-averse social welfare functions or fairness criteria. It is shown how both approaches can be … incorporation of individuals' altruistic feelings in social welfare functions. …

labour markets. Moreover, the paper highlights the knowledge gaps with regard to the longer-term and gender-specific welfare …

-term growth and welfare in a currency union that faces fiscal rule constraints and inequality. To address this ongoing government …, inequality, and welfare depends on the type of fiscal policy adopted by government to fund it, notably the trade-off between … completely eliminating oil subsidies appears to be the best policy for reducing inequality while increasing growth and welfare …

in European countries exposed to Soviet Communist (SC) regimes with those not exposed, using similar welfare mea …-sures. We draw upon a rich retrospective dataset that collects relevant welfare measures across regimes, including information …. Our results suggest evidence of comparable welfare inequality trends in countries exposed to SC and those unexposed …