Assessing the performance of social spending in Europe
Based on the construction of a composite index to assess the relative performance of welfare policies, we show that the variability of performances cannot be explained only by the amount of resources devoted to social policies, but also by its composition: countries with higher shares of social publ...
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| author | Antonelli Maria Alessandra De Bonis Valeria |
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| description | Based on the construction of a composite index to assess the relative performance of welfare policies, we show that the variability of performances cannot be explained only by the amount of resources devoted to social policies, but also by its composition: countries with higher shares of social public expenditure, specifically aimed at reducing income concentration, obtain better results. This associates the traditional classification of the European welfare systems to the performance obtained in the social sector. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8508be249bb844b587127e33732d12ee2022-12-22T02:41:10ZengSciendoCentral European Journal of Public Policy1802-48662018-06-01121173110.2478/cejpp-2018-0001cejpp-2018-0001Assessing the performance of social spending in EuropeAntonelli Maria Alessandra0De Bonis Valeria1Sapienza University of Rome, School of Law.Sapienza University of Rome, School of Law.Based on the construction of a composite index to assess the relative performance of welfare policies, we show that the variability of performances cannot be explained only by the amount of resources devoted to social policies, but also by its composition: countries with higher shares of social public expenditure, specifically aimed at reducing income concentration, obtain better results. This associates the traditional classification of the European welfare systems to the performance obtained in the social sector.https://doi.org/10.2478/cejpp-2018-0001welfare policiessocial expendituresocial performance indexeuropean union |
| spellingShingle | Antonelli Maria Alessandra De Bonis Valeria Assessing the performance of social spending in Europe Central European Journal of Public Policy welfare policies social expenditure social performance index european union |
| title | Assessing the performance of social spending in Europe |
| title_full | Assessing the performance of social spending in Europe |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the performance of social spending in Europe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the performance of social spending in Europe |
| title_short | Assessing the performance of social spending in Europe |
| title_sort | assessing the performance of social spending in europe |
| topic | welfare policies social expenditure social performance index european union |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/cejpp-2018-0001 |
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