Government Spending and Inclusive Growth in Developing Asia

Seok-Kyun Hur ()
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Seok-Kyun Hur: Chung-Ang University

No 415, ADB Economics Working Paper Series from Asian Development Bank

Abstract: This paper assesses the effects of fiscal policy on both equity and growth, specifically whether it is possible to design fiscal spending so that it enhances equity without sacrificing economic growth and vice versa. A cross-country panel vector autoregression (PVAR) using the World Development Indicators confirms the growth effects of individual fiscal spending items as anticipated whereas distributional effects were either temporarily positive or negligible for most fiscal items. However, compared with Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development members, spending on public health and public education appeared to alleviate income inequality significantly in the Asian Development Bank members. This implies that fiscal expenditure policies may contribute more to inclusive growth in developing economies than in advanced ones.

Keywords: Gini coefficient; government spending; inclusive growth; Panel Vector Autoregression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E62 H50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2014-11-01
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