The Internationalisation of Public Welfare Policy
研究全球化背景下公共政策（特别是劳动、福利、储蓄和退休政策）的国际趋同现象，探讨政策扩散是否真实、经济学家在跨国政策转移中的作用、政策转移是否带来更好的政策以及趋同的实际限制。
With increasing globalisation of knowledge, there are increased opportunities to 'learn' from the experience of policy interventions elsewhere. This paper presents evidence on the extent of international convergence in public policy, with particular focus on labour, welfare, savings and retirement policy. Questions addressed in this framework include: to what extent is policy diffusion or convergence a real and relevant phenomenon? What role have economists played in the transfer of policy across national domains? Has policy transfer led to 'better' public policy? Are there any practical limitations to policy convergence? Copyright 2005 Royal Economic Society.