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Political Regime and Social Spending in Spain: A Time Series Analysis(1850-2000)

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  • Sergio Espuelas

    (Universitat de Barcelona and Centre d’Estudis Antoni de Capmany, Spain)

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In the last 150 years, Spain has had a turbulent political history. What has been the impact on social policy? Democracy had a positive effect on both the levels and the long-run trend of social spending. In fact, the transition from a traditional regime (with low social spending levels) to a modern regime (with high social spending levels) started with the advent of democracy in 1931. Franco’s dictatorship, however, reversed this trend change, leading to a delay in the definitive growth of social spending in Spain. At the same time, the effect of left-wing parties was statistical significant only in the 30s (before the Keynesian consensus) and during the Restoration period (when the preferences of the lower income groups were systematically ignored).

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  • Sergio Espuelas, 2016. "Political Regime and Social Spending in Spain: A Time Series Analysis(1850-2000)," Documentos de Trabajo (DT-AEHE) 1616, Asociación Española de Historia Económica.
    • Handle: RePEc:ahe:dtaehe:1616
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    Keywords

    Welfare State; Dictatorship; Democracy; Redistribution; Spain; History of Social Policy;
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    JEL classification:

    • I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
    • H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
    • N30 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - General, International, or Comparative

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