Triggered by the phenomenon of globalisation, during recent years there has been a process of State policy rationalisation in the social expenditure domain; hence the debate over the present role and dimension of welfare state has intensified. Following on the extensive multidisciplinary literature on this issue, the purpose of this paper is two-fold 1) to apply a traditional analysis of convergence (sigma and beta convergence) in public social expenditures and 2) to analyse public social expenditure allocation expressed as a % of GDP and derive a possible classification of the countries by means of a multivariate approach. Our results, revealing that some convergence in the expenditure domain occurred for certain Southern and Northern European countries, can be interpreted as a further contribution to the literature on contemporary public policy evaluation in the welfare domain.
De Simone, E., Gaeta, G.l., & Ercolano, S. (2012). Exploring Public Social Expenditure Trends in the Globalization Era. EUROPEAN RESEARCH STUDIES, XV(1 (2012)), 23-42.
Titolo: | Exploring Public Social Expenditure Trends in the Globalization Era |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2012 |
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Citazione: | De Simone, E., Gaeta, G.l., & Ercolano, S. (2012). Exploring Public Social Expenditure Trends in the Globalization Era. EUROPEAN RESEARCH STUDIES, XV(1 (2012)), 23-42. |
Abstract: | Triggered by the phenomenon of globalisation, during recent years there has been a process of State policy rationalisation in the social expenditure domain; hence the debate over the present role and dimension of welfare state has intensified. Following on the extensive multidisciplinary literature on this issue, the purpose of this paper is two-fold 1) to apply a traditional analysis of convergence (sigma and beta convergence) in public social expenditures and 2) to analyse public social expenditure allocation expressed as a % of GDP and derive a possible classification of the countries by means of a multivariate approach. Our results, revealing that some convergence in the expenditure domain occurred for certain Southern and Northern European countries, can be interpreted as a further contribution to the literature on contemporary public policy evaluation in the welfare domain. |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11590/378741 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |