Espuelas Barroso, Sergio2017-03-022017-03-0220121361-4916https://hdl.handle.net/2445/107749Using 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.22 p.application/pdfeng(c) Espuelas Barroso, Sergio, 2012DictaduraDistribució (Teoria econòmica)Política socialPolítica de despeses públiquesHistòria econòmicaDictatorshipDistribution (Economic theory)Social policyGovernment spending policyEconomic historyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article5993202017-03-02info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess