Income and Influence: Social Policy in Emerging Market Economies

Ethan B. Kapstein and Branko Milanovic
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Abstract: The authors argue that the pattern of social policy in developing countries is determined by two key factors: the domestic political influence of formal sector workers (who provide the most substantial roadblock to reform), and the absolute income level (gross domestic product per capita) of the emerging market economy being studied.

Keywords: social policy; emerging markets; developing countries; politcal economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O15 P2 P3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
ISBN: cloth 9780880992701 paper 9780880992695
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