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- Title
Convergence Analysis of the Structure of Social Protection Financing.
- Authors
Pü, Tiia; Viies, Mare; Kerem, Kaie
- Abstract
Expenditure on social protection in the European Union (EU) member states has been increasing rapidly over the last decade. To cover the increasing expenses, the countries need to find ways to increase revenues. Social protection financing systems and structure of financing vary across countries, but all of them use mainly two sources for financing: general government contributions and social tax revenue. The aim of this paper is to study the development of the structure of social protection financing at the main contributor level over the last decade, defining the trends that characterize the changes. We concentrate on convergence analysis of the structure of social protection financing,which is an important but, so far, insufficiently studied issue.
- Subjects
EUROPEAN Union countries; NATIONAL security finance; INTERNAL revenue; PUBLIC spending; PUBLIC finance
- Publication
International Advances in Economic Research, 2005, Vol 11, Issue 1, p19
- ISSN
1083-0898
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11294-004-7492-y