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Title: | Are dictatorships less redistributive? A comparative analysis of social spending in Europe (1950-1980) |
Author: | Espuelas Barroso, Sergio |
Keywords: | Dictadura Distribució (Teoria econòmica) Política social Política de despeses públiques Història econòmica Dictatorship Distribution (Economic theory) Social policy Government spending policy Economic history |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Abstract: | Using new data on Spain and Portugal 1950-1980, this paper shows that non-democratic governments were less generous in providing social protection and also financed their meager social policy in a less redistributive way. This contradicts recent studies that hold that dictatorships have no significant effect on social policy. The analysis also reveals that, rather than provoking a "race to the bottom" or an increase in social spending, globalization favored the adoption of tax-funded systems instead of systems based on compulsory social security contributions. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1093/ereh/her010 |
It is part of: | European Review of Economic History, 2012, vol. 16, num. 2, p. 211-232 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/107749 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1093/ereh/her010 |
ISSN: | 1361-4916 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Història Econòmica, Institucions, Política i Economia Mundial) |
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