Ezcurra, Roberto and Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2011) Decentralization of social protection expenditure and economic growth in the OECD. Publius: the Journal of Federalism, 41 (1). pp. 146-157. ISSN 0048-5950
Abstract
This research note examines the effect of the degree of decentralization of social protection expenditure on economic growth, using panel data for twenty Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries over the period 1990–2005. Our results show a positive impact of the subnational share of total government expenditure in social protection on economic performance. This finding is robust to the inclusion of additional explanatory variables in the analysis and is not driven by any specific country.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://publius.oxfordjournals.org |
| Additional Information: | © 2011 Oxford University Press |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
| Journal of Economic Literature Classification System: | H - Public Economics > H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies |
| Sets: | Departments > European Institute Departments > Geography and Environment Research centres and groups > Spatial Economics Research Centre Collections > Economists Online |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Dec 2010 12:57 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/30871/ |
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