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166-483 The Australian Welfare State in International Perspective | |
Credit Points | 16.7 4th year |
Coordinator | Bruce Headey |
Prerequisites | Entry into 4th-year. |
Semester | 2 |
Contact | One 2-hour seminar per week for one semester |
Subject Description | The subject will involve analysis of equity and efficiency issues relating to the welfare state. We will also assess the effects of the Australian state on the incomes of different sections of the community and on income inequality. The benefits and costs of Australian social policies and taxes will be compared with the effects of policies in other types of Western welfare-capitalist states. Drawing on Australian and international welfare state experience, students will design new tax and social policy proposals, and assess their effects, using the STINMOD (Harding, 1995) computer simulation program. Issues of gender and ethnicity will be addressed in this subject. |
Assessment | Project work totalling 6000 words. |
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