Convergence in Social Protection Across EU Countries, 1970-1999

Simon Sosvilla-Rivero (), José A. Herce () and Juan José de Lucio ()

No 18, Economics Working Papers from European Network of Economic Policy Research Institutes

Abstract: This paper examines the degree of convergence in social protection registered in the European Union during the 1970-99 period. To that end, we use Eurostat data and study the long-run properties of the data set using time series analysis. Our results indicate that there is no evidence of long-run convergence in Social Protection expenditure to GDP ratios. However, we do find evidence of catching-up with respect both to Germany and the EU average for all countries belonging to EU12, except for Greece.

Keywords: Social Protection Expenditure; Convergence; European Union (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F42 H53 O52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2003-03
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