Analyzing welfare effort: An appraisal of comparative methods
作者:
Neil Gilbert,
Ailee Moon,
期刊:
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
(WILEY Available online 1988)
卷期:
Volume 7,
issue 2
页码: 326-340
ISSN:0276-8739
年代: 1988
DOI:10.2307/3323832
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractHow do we measure and rate the social welfare efforts of nations? Most people consider the U.S. and Japan welfare laggards when compared with European countries. This view derives from a widely used measure of “welfare effort”—direct government outlays for social programs as the percentage of a nation's gross domestic product (GDP). This article challenges several assumptions implicit in the conventional measure and suggests an alternative approach in assessing “welfare effort.” By incorporating indirect tax expenditures and controlling for the differences in tax burdens and social need for welfare spending among countries, the alternative measure (the NET index) not only broadens the conceptual boundaries of welfare effort, but also affords a more meaningful standard for comparative analysis. To illustrate, this study compares the welfare effort levels of ten developed nations measured under several versions of the
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