The decline of the welfare state : demography and globalization /

Main Author: Razin, Assaf.
Other Authors: Sadka, Efraim.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2005.
Series:CESifo book series
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Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=138491
Table of Contents:
  • Overview
  • Aging, migration, and the widening wage gap
  • Migration and the welfare state
  • Balanced-budget rules and the downscaling of the welfare state
  • The capital-tax-financed welfare state
  • Aging and the welfare state : empirical evidence
  • Capital taxation : the shadow of international tax competition
  • The downward convergence of capital taxation across countries : evidence from the European Union.