Determinants of General Government Social Spending: Evidence from the Eurozone.
The paper analyses selected determinants of social spending in the eurozone countries. The sample includes 17 eurozone countries (euro area countries except for Malta and Slovenia) analysed over the time sample, which covers annual data between 1996 and 2017. The paper takes into account three categ...
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| description | The paper analyses selected determinants of social spending in the eurozone countries. The sample includes 17 eurozone countries (euro area countries except for Malta and Slovenia) analysed over the time sample, which covers annual data between 1996 and 2017. The paper takes into account three categories of social spending: aggregated welfare spending, aggregated social protection spending, and spending on social protection benefits, and evaluates the statistical and quantitative effects of their selected determinants. The set of determinants includes general macroeconomic variables related to the condition of the economy and selected demographic factors. The analysis is based on panel data. The obtained results point out the effects of macroeconomic factors on social-type spending and the effects of old-age dependency ratio on spending, whereas the significance of the rest of the analysed demographic factors is generally ambiguous and depends on the type of spending under consideration, applied approach, specification, as well as the control variables used in the analysis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d02bb60c8b304fbd9fc7a16d424c97a72023-07-24T11:00:28ZengPolish Economic SocietyEkonomista0013-32052299-61842021-08-01450852810.52335/dvqigjykff25150138Determinants of General Government Social Spending: Evidence from the Eurozone.Agata SzymańskaThe paper analyses selected determinants of social spending in the eurozone countries. The sample includes 17 eurozone countries (euro area countries except for Malta and Slovenia) analysed over the time sample, which covers annual data between 1996 and 2017. The paper takes into account three categories of social spending: aggregated welfare spending, aggregated social protection spending, and spending on social protection benefits, and evaluates the statistical and quantitative effects of their selected determinants. The set of determinants includes general macroeconomic variables related to the condition of the economy and selected demographic factors. The analysis is based on panel data. The obtained results point out the effects of macroeconomic factors on social-type spending and the effects of old-age dependency ratio on spending, whereas the significance of the rest of the analysed demographic factors is generally ambiguous and depends on the type of spending under consideration, applied approach, specification, as well as the control variables used in the analysis.https://ekonomista.pte.pl/Determinants-of-General-Government-Social-Spending-Evidence-from-the-Eurozone-,150138,0,2.htmlgovernment spendingpanel datasocioeconomic determinantseurozonesocial spending |
| spellingShingle | Agata Szymańska Determinants of General Government Social Spending: Evidence from the Eurozone. Ekonomista government spending panel data socioeconomic determinants eurozone social spending |
| title | Determinants of General Government Social Spending: Evidence from the Eurozone. |
| title_full | Determinants of General Government Social Spending: Evidence from the Eurozone. |
| title_fullStr | Determinants of General Government Social Spending: Evidence from the Eurozone. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Determinants of General Government Social Spending: Evidence from the Eurozone. |
| title_short | Determinants of General Government Social Spending: Evidence from the Eurozone. |
| title_sort | determinants of general government social spending evidence from the eurozone |
| topic | government spending panel data socioeconomic determinants eurozone social spending |
| url | https://ekonomista.pte.pl/Determinants-of-General-Government-Social-Spending-Evidence-from-the-Eurozone-,150138,0,2.html |
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