Reducción de la desigualdad y gasto socialEvidencia empírica para 35 países europeos, 2004-2018

  1. Martín-Legendre, Juan Ignacio 1
  1. 1 Universidad de La Coruña
Revista:
International Review of Economic Policy: Revista Internacional de Política Económica

ISSN: 2695-7035

Ano de publicación: 2022

Volume: 4

Número: 2

Páxinas: 49-65

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.7203/IREP.4.2.25797 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso aberto editor

Outras publicacións en: International Review of Economic Policy: Revista Internacional de Política Económica

Resumo

Este artículo busca determinar qué categorías de gasto social son las más eficaces para reducir la desigualdad de ingresos y cuantificar en qué medida contribuyen a esa mejora. Para ello, hemos reunido una muestra de 35 países europeos para el periodo 2004-2018 sobre la que hemos aplicado técnicas de análisis de regresión para datos de panel. Nuestros resultados señalan la importancia crucial del gasto en vivienda, desempleo y pensiones de jubilación para explicar la capacidad redistributiva del gasto social en transferencias. Asimismo, detectamos el papel crítico del ciclo económico y otros factores asociados a cada país que no fueron capturados por las variables explicativas incluidas en nuestro modelo.

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