Social protection convergence in the European Union: Impact of Maastricht treaty

The main goal of this paper is to test the convergence of social protection expenditures and, more specifically, to examine the incidence of the Maastricht Treaty on this process. We tested several hypotheses of convergence on 12 EU Member States between 1980 and 2000, by considering two indicators:...

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Main Authors: Attia Nicole, Berenger Valérie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Economists' Association of Vojvodina 2007-01-01
Series:Panoeconomicus
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Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1452-595X/2007/1452-595X0704469A.pdf