| dc.creator |
Castronova, Edward |
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| dc.date |
2002 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2013-10-16T06:59:11Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2013-10-16T06:59:11Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2013-10-16 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18265 |
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| dc.identifier |
ppn:353289760 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18265 |
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| dc.description |
The paper uses panel data on OECD countries to assess four theories about the forces that generate social spending. The four theories are: Aid: the Welfare State is about helping the poor. Insure: the Welfare State insures the consumption of middle-class voters. Transfer: the Welfare State transfers money to politically-powerful entitled groups. Control: the Welfare State is about controlling the behavior of the underclass. The data give the following grades: Aid D-, Insure C+, Transfer A-, Control D. This assessment is made by regressing the share of social spending in GDP on a vector of country characteristics. The methods involve simultaneous equation fixed-effects models, and they take advantage of some recent innovations in the growth literature involving the treatment of country-level panel data |
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| dc.language |
eng |
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| dc.publisher |
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) Berlin |
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| dc.relation |
DIW-Diskussionspapiere 281 |
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| dc.rights |
http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen |
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| dc.subject |
H5 |
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| dc.subject |
I3 |
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| dc.subject |
ddc:330 |
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| dc.subject |
Sozialstaat |
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| dc.subject |
Öffentliche Sozialausgaben |
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| dc.subject |
Public Choice |
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| dc.subject |
Schätzung |
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| dc.subject |
Industriestaaten |
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| dc.title |
To aid, insure, transfer, or control : what drives the welfare state? |
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| dc.type |
doc-type:workingPaper |
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| dc.coverage |
1960-1994 |
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