1st Edition

Welfare States after the Eurozone Crisis An Evolutionary Economics Perspective

By Cristina Soeiro Matos Copyright 2027
104 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

104 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book develops an evolutionary economics approach to welfare state dynamics. Welfare states are complex settings, including social insurance, social assistance, and universal provisions. Their main aim is to shelter household incomes from instability and redistribute incomes. This book analyses welfare states in terms of how they pool business cycle uncertainty between the state (social... Read more

1. How Do Institutions Shape Income Inequalities and Vulnerability?

2. An Institutional Evolutionary Framework for Welfare State Analysis

3. Crises, Social Protection and Labor Markets: A Comparative Overview

4. The Institutional Evolutionary Political Economy of Effective Demand Uncertainty Allocation in France

5. How Institutional Evolution Shaped Effective Demand Uncertainty Allocation in Portugal

6. Understanding Effective Demand Uncertainty Allocation

Biography

Cristina Soeiro Matos is an Assistant Professor in the School of Economics, Management, and Political Science (EEG) at the University of Minho. Her work focuses on institutional evolutionary economics, with a particular interest in welfare states.