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Index 275
effect of globalization 200;
ends of/rationales for government interventions 198–202;
and equitable distribution of resources 198;
externalities 201–2;
failure in human capital markets 201, 274(n19);
failure in 206–7;
government-run active policies 203–7;
government’s post-design role 217–18;
and JSA 204, 209–10;
long-term remedial education 206–7;
and means testing 212;
modes of government intervention 202–10;
on-the-job training 205–6;
passive policies 202–3, 208–9;
and PES 210–11;
poaching problem 201, 275(n22);
political economny 218–19;
positive/negative effects 204–5, 275–6(n45, n46);
and qualified consumers 211–13;
and qualified suppliers 213–15;
and scope of voucher entitlement 215–17;
second-best intervention 200, 202;
short-term classroom training 204–5;
and substitution/income effects 212, 277(n101);
and unemployment 197, 198–9, 201, 204, 212, 217, 219, 273(n2, n3), 274(n11, n13, n17, n20);
wages/earnings 199–200, 214, 274(n14, n15);
and welfare reform 218–19;
and welfare-to-work programs 212–13
Laidler, D. 186
Latin America 61–2;
education voucher program 162–4;
housing policy in 61–2, 63
Law Society (UK) 84–5
Le Grand, J. 2
Legal Action Goup (LAG) (UK) 79
legal aid:
background 78–9;
benefit of mixed systems 100–1;
and block allocation systems 89–90;
choice/availability 97, 249(n84);
and community legal clinics 85–8;
and contracting out services 89;
country differences 84, 86, 247(n16);
design challenges 96–100;
and equality of legal rights 79, 80, 82;
and government abdication of responsibility 78–9;
and government’s post-design role 99–100;
insurance for 78;
and judicare 90–3;
and justice/equitable distribution of resources 81–2;
and legal expenses insurance 94–5;
liberal values/social solidarity 80–1;