Bir Refah Devleti Analizi: Ekonomik ve Sosyal Sonuçlar

Kokenlerini farklı tarihsel miraslardan alan refah devletleri, gelişimsel cizgiler acısından farklılıkgostermişlerdir ve icinden gectikleri tarihsel surec, farklı refah rejimlerinin oluşmasına kaynaklıketmiştir. Her biri farklı bir refah kapitalizmi dunyası sunan refah devletleri, barındırdığı belirginfarklılıklara rağmen ceşitli varoluşsal benzerlikler taşımaktadırlar. Bu calışmanın amacı, refahdevletlerinin bazı ekonomik ve politik uygulamalar acısından barındırdığı farklılıkların kabulu ilebirlikte temelde hizmet etmeleri beklenilen bazı ortak hedefler acısından bir değerlendirme yapmaktır.Refah devletine dair niteleyici bir cerceve oluşturmak adına calışmada dort farklı ekonomik ve sosyaldurum analiz edilmiştir. 17 farklı OECD ulke verisi ile dinamik panel veri analizinin kullanıldığıcalışma sonucları, refah devletinin ekonomik buyume, genel istihdam, kadın istihdamı ve genel refah uzerinde pozitif etkiye sahip olduğunu gostermiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Refah devleti, Ortak Hedefler, Genel Refah, Ekonomik Büyüme, İstihdam

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