The Welfare State and Economic Incentives

Jørgen Søndergaard

Chapter 10 in Macroeconomic Perspectives on the Danish Economy, 1999, pp 294-334 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The Danish welfare state like other welfare states is largely a post-war achievement although some of its elements were founded towards the end of the nineteenth century. Gradually social rights and entitlements have been added to the civil and political rights of citizenship. The essential idea behind the welfare state is to break the direct link between uncertain outcomes of the market economy and individual standards of living.

Keywords: Gross Domestic Product; Labour Supply; Welfare State; Disability Pension; Unemployment Insurance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230501034_10

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