El «dividendo de la paz». Defensa, economía y gasto social en la España de la segunda mitad del siglo XX

José Jurado Sánchez
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José Jurado Sánchez: Departamento de Historia e Instituciones Económicas I, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, España
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Investigaciones de Historia Económica - Economic History Research (IHE-EHR), Journal of the Spanish Economic History Association, 2018, vol. 14, issue 02, 118-126

Abstract: An attempt is made to determine whether the reduction of military spending in the second half of the twentieth century in Spain generated economic and social benefits like those in other countries. For this aim, a series of constant prices has been constructed using the GDP, GFCF, budget balance, national debt, military spending, education spending, health spending and the other main social sector expenditures. The comparison of these series show that a peace dividend existed, particularly from the establishment of democracy onwards. Between 1950-1975 and 1976-2000 periods, military costs (defence spending as percentage of GDP) declined by a factor of 4, while social sector expenditures, especially health and education, increased by a factor of 3. KEY Classification-JEL: H51. H52. H53. H56. N40. N44

Keywords: Dividendo; de; la; paz.; Gasto; social.; Gasto; militar.; Inversión; y; crecimiento (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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