Why do richer countries spend a higher share of their income on social protection than poor countries? A newly assembled dataset on social protection spending for 142 countries since 1995 allows an exploration of alternate hypotheses, treating the pandemic period separately, as it entailed a large expansion in social protection efforts. While the mean income share devoted to social protection rises with income, this is attributable to multiple confounders...
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2023/08/08
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2023/12/12
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The Social Protection Engel Curve
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Lokshin, Michael M.; Ravallion, Martin; Torre, Ivan.
The Social Protection Engel Curve (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099639112122352242