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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Definition of Social Insurance<br />

Transfers based on events such as unemployment, disability, or age<br />

Contrasts with welfare: means-tested transfers<br />

SI is the biggest and most rapidly growing part of government<br />

expenditure today<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 6: Social Insurance 3 / 207

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