This book explores the role of the welfare state in the overall wealth and wellbeing of nations and in particular looks at the American welfare state in comparison with other developed nations in Europe and elsewhere. It is widely believed that the welfare state undermines productivity and...

Previous studies find large crossnational differences in inequality amongst rich Western nations, due in large part to differences in the generosity of welfare state transfers. The United States is the least generous nation and the one having the most aftertax and transfer inequality. But these...

Rainwater (Lee), Smeeding (Timothy M.). - A comparative perspective of the economic welfare of European children A comparative survey of industrialised countries, the Luxembourg Income Study, has measured the economic welfare of children in the 1980s. Twelve countries are European: Germany,...