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The Welfare State

In: Growth, Unemployment, Distribution and Government

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  • Vani K Borooah

    (University of Ulster)

Abstract

The term ‘Welfare State’ or ‘welfare system’ usually refers to the activities of the state in five areas: social security, health, education, housing and personal social services. The size of a country’s welfare system is measured by the total amount that the government spends on these areas (‘welfare spending’!) expressed as a percentage of its gross domestic product (GDP). Most countries spend on welfare in order to achieve certain common objectives. Differences between countries in the size of their welfare systems, in the arrangements for administering such a system and in the manner by which welfare services are provided, then reflect differences in the extent to which (and the manner in which) they wish to pursue such objectives, not to differences in the objectives per se.

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  • Vani K Borooah, 1996. "The Welfare State," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Growth, Unemployment, Distribution and Government, chapter 11, pages 93-102, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-37300-6_11
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230373006_11
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