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- Title
DOES SPENDING ON SOCIAL-WELFARE POLICIES REDUCE POVERTY? AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES USING IMPULSE-RESPONSE AND EFFICIENCY METHODS.
- Authors
KUTWA, Krzysztof; SAWULSKI, Jakub
- Abstract
Purpose -- An attempt to answer two questions: (i) does spending on social-welfare policies constitute a statistically-significant impulse for reducing poverty among various risk groups in the EU countries? And (ii) what is the level of efficiency of social spending when it comes to reducing various problems associated with poverty in the EU member states? Research method -- Two research methods: Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) and extended Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) are used. Results -- It is established that social-welfare policies in most of the EU countries create a sufficient impulse to reduce poverty among elderly people and survivors, families with children and the unemployed. However, the impulse is often not sufficient in the case of people with problems in meeting housing needs, as well as the sick or disabled. What is more, the relative efficiency of social-welfare spending in some of the EU countries is low, which suggest that better outcomes may be achieved not only by increasing the spending, but also by improving the policies among current amount of funds. Surprisingly, the best-performing countries in reducing the poverty by social-welfare policies include, next to Denmark and Finland, also some Central and Eastern European countries: the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. Originality/value/implications/recommendations -- The research extends the knowledge on the efficiency and effectiveness of government activities for the purpose of limiting poverty.
- Subjects
EUROPEAN Union countries; PUBLIC welfare laws; IMPULSE response; DATA envelopment analysis; GLOBALIZATION; POVERTY reduction
- Publication
Optimum. Economic Studies, 2022, Vol 107, Issue 1, p64
- ISSN
1506-7637
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15290/oes.2022.01.107.05