Welfare State

Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka
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Efraim Sadka: Tel-Aviv University

Chapter 2 in Migration States and Welfare States: Why Is America Different from Europe?, 2014, pp 5-6 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In the EU there is no union-wide income tax, healthcare program such as Medicare or Affordable Care in the US, or social security scheme. Social expenditures in EU core countries and the US are significantly different: They are much lower in the US than in the EU.

Keywords: Social expenditures; welfare state; different institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137443809_2

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