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Social Protection Spending in Context of Structural and Institutional Performance: A Global Empirical Analysis

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  • Ahmed Raza ul Mustafa

    (Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University (SBBU))

  • Mohammad Nishat

    (Salim Habib University)

  • Asif Ali Abro

    (Newports Institute of Communications and Economics)

Abstract

An understanding about the dynamics of social protection spending is made in the context of structural and institutional performances. A dataset of 134 countries for the period 1999–2018 is used for analysis. Rank Analysis is made conditional on (1) fiscal budgeting; (2) structural landscapes, and (3) the institutional performance measures to generate and utilize budget efficiently. In Rank Analysis, no one country is securing the same locus in all conditions. North America and Europe & Central Asian countries are much focused on social protection spending as compared to the East Asia & Pacific, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan African countries where these countries have the least preference for social protection. In order to determine the budget for social protection purposes, the structural landscapes (GDP-per-capita, GDP-shock, Urbanization, and working-age-population), while the institutional performance via improving voice & accountability, regulation quality, and control of corruption is effective to utilize the funds for social protection purposes in an optimal way. The international organizations need to introduce the social protection programs especially in East Asia & Pacific, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan African countries that will effectively protect and prevent people from poverty and contribute to the economic growth.

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  • Ahmed Raza ul Mustafa & Mohammad Nishat & Asif Ali Abro, 2022. "Social Protection Spending in Context of Structural and Institutional Performance: A Global Empirical Analysis," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 163(2), pages 875-899, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:163:y:2022:i:2:d:10.1007_s11205-022-02933-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s11205-022-02933-6
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    Keywords

    Social protection; Structural performance; Institutional performance and global analysis;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
    • H87 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - International Fiscal Issues; International Public Goods
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • F55 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Institutional Arrangements

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