Demographic and Wagner's Law. Evidence From the OECD Countries

Nilss Olekalns ()

No 694, Department of Economics - Working Papers Series from The University of Melbourne

Abstract: This paper presents a test of Wagner's Law for the OECD countries using data from 1960 to 1995. Unlike other analyses of Wagner's Law, explicit allowance is made in the paper for the effect of changes in the age distribution of the population on public spending. The results show that the influence of these demographic factors on government expenditure has been substantial and that Wagner's Law holds for transfer payments but not for government consumption.

Keywords: FISCAL POLICY; PUBLIC EXPENDITURES; DEMOGRAPHY (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E62 J18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 1999
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