Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/163033 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2017/60
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
There is scant analysis on the causal relationship between fiscal capacity and social protection expenditure in the developing world. We investigate the causal relationship between fiscal capacity of the state and social protection expenditure, hypothesizing that fiscal capacity is necessary but not sufficient for resource allocation in this area. Using a panel data instrumental variable approach, we find that greater fiscal capacity robustly raises social protection spending in developing countries between 1990 and 2010, providing strong evidence for social sector spending being augmented by enhanced fiscal capacity in the presence of a well-functioning democracy.
Subjects: 
fiscal capacity
inequality
institutions
social protection expenditure
JEL: 
H51
H55
H62
O11
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-284-7
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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