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The drawbacks of Welfare Effort in Measuring Social Spending Trends

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  • Ricardo Aláez Aller

    (Departamento de Economía-UPNA)

  • Pablo Díaz de Basurto Uraga

    (Departamento de Organización de Empresas-Universidad del País Vasco)

  • Jon Olaskoaga Larrauri

    (Departamento de Organización de Empresas-Universidad del País Vasco)

Abstract

The welfare effort (social spending as a percentage of GDP) has conventionally been the preferred measure for comparisons in space and time of the level of development of welfare states. However, frequent mentions are made in the relevant literature of the drawbacks of this measure as an empirical reference (e.g. it can be demonstrated that in certain conditions it provides a distorted picture of the relative levels of development of social protection systems). This study sets out to determine the extent of the shortcomings of the welfare effort measure for quantifying the relative standards of social protection

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  • Ricardo Aláez Aller & Pablo Díaz de Basurto Uraga & Jon Olaskoaga Larrauri, 2008. "The drawbacks of Welfare Effort in Measuring Social Spending Trends," Documentos de Trabajo - Lan Gaiak Departamento de Economía - Universidad Pública de Navarra 0802, Departamento de Economía - Universidad Pública de Navarra.
    • Handle: RePEc:nav:ecupna:0802
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