Poverty Alleviation and the Degree of Centralisation in European Schemes of Social Assistance

Margit Kraus and Katja Hölsch

No 03-16, ZEW Discussion Papers from ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

Abstract: In this paper, the relationship between the degree of centralisation and the distributive outcomes in European schemes of social assistance is investigated. For this purpose, a scheme of classification suitable for grouping the EU15 schemes except for Luxembourg according to features related to centralisation is established and an indicator for centralisation is developed. Subsequently, on the basis of LIS data the effectiveness and efficiency in reducing poverty through social assistance payments are calculated for five selected EU systems and the linkage of their distributive impacts to the degree of centralisation is examined.

Keywords: Social Assistance; Classification; Centralisation; Poverty; Redistribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H53 I32 I38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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