The Decline of the Welfare State: Demography and Globalization

by Assaf Razin, Efraim Sadka, Professor of Economics Emeritus Assaf Razin

An analysis of the welfare state from a political economy perspective that examines the effects of aging populations, migration, and globalization on industrialized economies.

In The Decline of the Welfare State, Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka use a political economy framework to analyze the effects of aging populations, migration, and globalization on the deteriorating system of financing welfare state benefits as we know them...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262182440
• ISBN13: 9780262182447
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 133 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher