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Informationen zum Autor Torben M. Andersen is Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics at the University of Åarhus, Denmark. Per Molander has worked at the Swedish Ministry of Finance and is currently a Private Consultant at MapsGroup. He is author of the book Turning Sweden Around (with A. Lindbeck et al.) 1994. Klappentext Authoritative survey of key issues for welfare policy in age of globalization and ageing populations. Zusammenfassung An authoritative and comprehensive survey of key issues for welfare policy in an age of globalization and ageing populations. Drawing on comparative OECD data and Scandinavian case studies! the authors analyse challenges to the traditional public sector welfare state and explore principal policy options open to governments in advanced economies. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of contributors; Preface; 1. Introduction Torben M. Andersen and Per Molander; 2. International integration and the welfare state Torben M. Andersen; 3. The changing age structure and the public sector Thomas Lindh; 4. Emigration from the Scandinavian welfare states Peder J. Pedersen, Marianne Røed and Lena Schröder; 5. Productivity and costs in public production of services Jørn Rattsø; 6. Use of fees in the provision of public services in OECD countries Carl Emmerson and Howard Reed; 7. Privatisation of social insurance with reference to Sweden Lars Söderström and Klas Rikner; 8. Occupational welfare Ann-Charlotte Ståhlberg; 9. Pathways to retirement and retirement incentives in Sweden Mårten Palme and Ingemar Svensson; 10. Social insurance and redistribution Pierre Pestieau; 11. Assessing the effect of introducing welfare accounts in Sweden Stefan Fölster, Robert Gidehag, Mike Orszag and Dennis J. Snower; 12. Taxation in a global economy Bernd Huber and Erik Norrman; 13. Taxation and education investment in the tertiary sector Fredrik Andersson and Kai A. Konrad; 14. Debt strategies for Sweden and Europe Martin Flodén; 15. Policy options for reforming the welfare state Torben M. Andersen and Per Molander; Index....
