Welfare States after the Eurozone Crisis
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comparative welfare systems
demand uncertainty allocation
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evolutionary analysis of European welfare states
income inequality analysis
institutional political economy
labour market segmentation
social protection reforms
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- ISBN 9780367358938
- Weight: 350g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 22 May 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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 security), firms, and households. The evolutionary and institutional analysis of welfare states, focusing, in particular, on labor market segmentation and national‑level policy design, is applied to two particular cases: a Southern European country (Portugal) and a deep‑rooted European welfare state (France). These two countries have introduced similar social protection reforms and experienced similar crises, yet the two welfare states are very different. This book explores and explains why that should be the case. It will be of interest to researchers and students of institutional evolutionary economics, welfare states, and European politics.
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.
