75433 - Economics of Welfare State

Academic Year 2017/2018

  • Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Management for Social Economy (cod. 8843)

Course contents

1. The targets of public policies: equity and efficiency 2.History of the Welfare State and its present role 3.Welfare State models 4. Pensions 5. Inequality  and Poverty 6. Household and gender policies 7. The "second" welfare and the role of social economics

Readings/Bibliography

Selected Chapters from: Stefano Toso, Massimo Baldini, Disuguaglianza, Povertà e Politiche Pubbliche, Il Mulino, 2009. Nicholas Barr, The Economics of the Welfare State, Oxford University Press Nicholas Barr, The Welfare State as a Piggy Bank, Oxford University Press.

Teaching methods

Lectures and class discussions

Assessment methods

written exam

Links to further information

https://elearning-cds.unibo.it/course/view.php?id=14885

Office hours

See the website of Matteo Lippi Bruni