Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339132 
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Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
Working Papers No. 250630
Publisher: 
Romanian Academy, National Institute for Economic Research, Bucharest
Abstract: 
In this paper we verify and quantify the convergence trend of public social expenditure at European Union level (27 countries), as well as between Western European (WE) and Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries between 1995 and 2022, structured on the three social sectors (health care, education and social protection), and three destinations (public consumption, compensation of employees and social benefits). At the same time, we investigate the manner and extent to which the effects of the Covid-19 crisis in 2020-2022 have affected this convergence trend.
Subjects: 
social convergence
public social expenditure
health
education
social protection
public consumption
public wages
social benefits
JEL: 
H51
H52
H53
I18
I28
I38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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