The social, political and economic future of the European welfare states / by Bent Greve -- A tale of two pensions reforms : a Sraffian view / by Sergio Cesaratto -- Is there a demographic time-bomb? / by Bent Greve -- A market imitating employment subsidy / by Ralph S. Musgrave -- Pauperising...

The welfare state has long been under debate. Besides various theoretical discussions, it has often been empirically investigated regarding its effects on inequality and economic growth. With the advent of the scientific field of happiness research, scholars began to discuss the welfare state's...

This chapter reviews and discusses major theories and empirical studies about the welfare magnet hypothesis, i.e. whether immigrants are more likely to move to countries with generous welfare systems. Although economic theory predicts that welfare generosity affects the number, composition and...