Convergence to the Centre -- Financial Markets: Banks Capital Markets -- Firm Size, Productivity, EU-Funds and Corruption -- Labour Markets: Structural Characteristics and the Impact of Two Crises -- Transport and Mobility -- Monetary, Macroprudential, and Fiscal Policy -- Green Economy: Energy,...

Chapter 1. Political Economy of Social Policy. an Overview -- Chapter 2. Social making and implementation in China. Institutions and Actors -- Chapter 3. Centralization/Decentralization in Policymaking and Implementation -- Chapter 4. Interagency Collaboration in policymaking and implementation...

Chapter 1. Debt valuation: An alternative method to avoid future default (Thomas Poufinas and Evangelos Drimpetas) -- Chapter 2. The impact of Quantitative Easing Policy on the government debt and the NPLs of the Eurozone periphery countries (Dionysios Chionis, Fotios Mitropoulos and Antonios...

This book consists of 39 short essays that exemplify how interactions between inter- and trans-national interdependencies and domestic factors have shaped the dynamics of social policy in various parts of the world at different points in time. Each chapter highlights a specific type of...

This book develops John Rawls’s theory of justice by adding reality-based analyses. This is accomplished by answering the question of who makes rules and how, and by providing new answers to three of today’s most practical and critical issues. The question of who and how makes rules is...

1. Introduction: Basic Income, Fit for Australia and the Fairness Test -- 2. Basic Income in Australia and Disability Conceptions -- 3. Basic Income, Disability Dimension and the Fairness Test -- 4. Reconfiguring Social Security Arrangements and Strengthening Public Services -- 5. Financing a...

Chapter 1. Public Pensions Systems. Bibliometric Study of Academic Publications in Scientific Journals -- Chapter 2. Demographic and Social Challenges in the Design of Public Pension Schemes -- Chapter 3. The Public Pension Systems and the Economic Crisis -- Chapter 4. Pensions, Economic Growth...

Chapter 1: When will formality become the norm? -- Chapter 2: Self-employment and Human Capital -- Chapter 3: Informal and Formal Employment in a Liberalizing Economy -- Chapter 4: Migrants and Informal Casual Labour Markets -- Chapter 5: Wage Disparity and Human Capital Accumulation -- Chapter...

Chapter 1. The Quest for Inclusive Growth in Bangladesh: An Overview of the Issues -- Chapter 2. Designing an Employment-focused Inclusive Growth Strategy: Major Considerations -- Chapter 3. How far has Growth been Inclusive in Bangladesh?: A Comparative Assessment -- Chapter 4. Macroeconomic...