Welfare State and Growth. Beyond Activating Social Policies

Elena Granaglia

QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria, 2014, issue 4

Abstract: The last few decades have witnessed the diffusion, within Europe, of a new "activating" vision of social policy centred on supporting employment and promoting human capital. This vision has many attractive features in terms of both growth and equality of opportunity. Nevertheless, the article draws attention to two shortfalls: 1) the risk of institutional incoherence and 2) the risk of weakening social justice. Remedying these shortfalls requires a more comprehensive view of the connections between social policies, markets and growth.

Keywords: Social investment state; Social policy and growth; Modernity of equality of conditions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 H53 I38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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