The Direction of Welfare Change: Welfare Criteria

Abstract This article argues that shared problematizations—shared political and public ways of thinking—legitimize policies and their outcomes. To support this argument, it examines the legitimation of gendered welfare reform in the recent U.K. context. Drawing on focus groups with the public, it provides evidence that the public’s problematization of welfare, specifically that reform was necessary to “make work pay” and “restore fairness”, aligned with that of politicians. It argues that the assumptions and silences underpinning this shared problematization, especially silences relating to the value and necessity of care, have allowed for welfare policies that have disadvantaged women.

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The Direction of Welfare Change: Welfare Criteria

Welfare Economics ◽

10.1057/9781403944061_3 ◽

2004 ◽

pp. 47-64

Author(s):

Yew-Kwang Ng

Keyword(s):

Welfare Change

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The Magnitude of Welfare Change: Consumer Surplus

Welfare Economics ◽

10.1007/978-1-349-16223-9_4 ◽

1979 ◽

pp. 84-110

Author(s):

Ng Yew-Kwang

Keyword(s):

Consumer Surplus ◽

Welfare Change

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Research on market power and market structure

International Journal of Crowd Science ◽

10.1108/ijcs-08-2017-0009 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 210-222 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Baowen Sun ◽

Wenjun Jing ◽

Xuankai Zhao ◽

Yi He

Keyword(s):

Market Power ◽

Economies Of Scale ◽

Scale Economy ◽

The Internet ◽

Content Type ◽

Internet Industry ◽

Empirical Industrial Organization ◽

Welfare Change ◽

Internet Platform ◽

Traditional Industry

Purpose This paper aims to clear whether the monopoly structure of the internet industry has produced market power and discussed the welfare change of the internet industry monopoly. Design/methodology/approach By using new empirical industrial organization methods and taking the e-commerce market as an example, the authors measured market power and economies of scale of the internet platform companies. Findings Internet platform enterprises have formed scale economy, but it has not had market power, and the industry still maintains high levels of competition; also, the emergence of large enterprises may increase the welfare of consumers. Originality/value The conclusion of this paper clarified actual competition status of internet industry and provided a new foothold for regulation and ideas for the traditional industry to crack the Marshall Conflict.

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