La Vulnerabilidad Fiscal del Gasto Social: ¿Es diferente América Latina?

Eduardo Lora

Revista de Analisis Economico – Economic Analysis Review, 2009, vol. 24, issue 1, 3-20

Abstract: An unbalanced panel data of around fifty countries between 1985 and 2003 is used to estimate the vulnerability of public social expenditures (health and education) to other fiscal variables. The database allows comparisons between Latin America and the rest of developing countries. Public social expenditure is significantly lower in Latin America as share of GDP, although it has a higher share in primary expenditure. Public social expenditures in Latin America are more vulnerable to debt service, but are less sensible to changes in other types of public expenditure. As in other regions in the developing world, public social expenditure in Latin America shrinks when public debt stock increases. This effect is higher with multilateral debt obligations. In Latin America, debt defaults reduce the share of public social expenditures in total primary public expenditure.

Keywords: Public Social Expenditure; Public Debt; Latin America; Primary Expenditures; Debt Services; Multilateral Debt; Defaults. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F34 F53 H51 H52 H63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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Working Paper: La Vulnerabilidad Fiscal del Gasto Social: ¿Es Diferente América Latina? (2007)
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