Course Catalog
| ECON 423 Economics of the Welfare State | 3 Credits | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Theories of social justice; origins and evolution of the welfare state; insurance theory and social insurance; cash benefits (unemployment insurance, health insurance, disability insurance, poverty relief, pensions); non-cash benefits (education and health services); targeting and conditionality; financing the welfare state; current controversies; welfare policies in Turkey. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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