Growth dependency in the welfare state - An analysis of drivers in the UK's adult social care sector and proposals for change
Growth dependency in the welfare state - An analysis of drivers in the UK's adult social care sector and proposals for change
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福利国家的增长依赖性——英国成人社会护理部门的驱动因素分析和变革建议
DOI：
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108159
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发表时间：
2024
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7
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Corlet Walker C
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作者：
Corlet Walker C
现代经济体依靠经济增长实现稳定和繁荣。此外，停滞和衰退时期目前与公民健康和福祉状况不佳有关。然而，50年的研究表明，这种依赖状态在生态上是不可持续的。因此，我们必须更好地理解我们的经济和福利制度的增长依赖，以及如何克服它。在本文中，我们首先提供了一个工作定义的增长依赖，澄清其核心维度。接下来，以英国的成人社会护理部门作为案例研究，我们认为，增长的依赖性出现在福利国家作为三个不同的动态的结果：1）在显着的需求增长; 2）劳动生产率的增长; 3）追求经济租金。最后，我们提出了一个新的，以行业为主导的框架，用于识别，分析和转换增长依赖关系。我们认为，福利国家的增长依赖性不是不可避免的，而是特定社会、经济和结构因素的产物，如果我们能够找到这样做的政治意愿，这些因素可以被破坏和改变。
Modern economies rely on economic growth for stability and prosperity. Further, periods of stagnation and recession are currently associated with poor health and wellbeing outcomes for citizens. However, 50 years of research indicates that this state of dependency is ecologically unsustainable. It is therefore critical that we better understand the growth dependency of our economies and welfare systems, and how to overcome it. In this paper we first offer a working definition of growth dependency, clarifying its core dimensions. Next, taking the UK's adult social care sector as a case study, we argue that growth dependencies emerge in the welfare state as a result of three distinct dynamics: 1) growth in manifest needs; 2) labour productivity growth; 3) the pursuit of economic rents. Lastly, we propose a novel, sector-led framework for identifying, analysing and transforming growth dependencies. We make the case that the growth dependency of the welfare state is not inevitable, but is instead the product of specific social, economic and structural factors that can be disrupted and transformed, if we can find the political will to do so.