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Vulnerability of Social Institutions: Lessons from the Recent Crisis and Historical Episodes

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  • Falilou Fall

    (OECD)

  • Mauro Pisu

    (OECD)

  • Jon Pareliussen

    (OECD)

  • Debra Bloch

    (OECD)

Abstract

The recent economic crisis has provided a stress test for the vulnerability of social institutions. This paper assesses the vulnerability of social institutions in light of the current crisis, and surveys past episodes, when social institutions faced similar challenges. Public pay-as-you-go pension systems have generally weathered the crisis well, but private pension funds were severely affected by the financial crisis. While health care spending drifted up further in the early part of the crisis, it levelled off in 2010 and 2011, on average in the OECD, for an unprecedented two years with no spending growth. But, in countries hard hit by the crisis public outlays on health care declined considerably. Unemployment insurance expenditure increased during the crisis in most OECD countries. In some countries, spending rose considerably more than the number of unemployed, reflecting an extension or more generous benefits, while in others the increase was considerably smaller, pointing to adequacy problems of those unemployment insurance schemes. Five country case studies focusing on how social institutions absorbed shocks in the more distant past are also examined and lessons are drawn from these experiences. La vulnérabilité des institutions sociales : Leçons de la récente crise et d'épisodes historiques La récente crise économique a fourni un test de résistance des institutions sociales. Ce document évalue la vulnérabilité des institutions sociales à la lumière de la crise actuelle, et analyse les épisodes passés, quand les institutions sociales ont été confrontées à des défis similaires. Les systèmes de retraite publics en répartition ont généralement bien résisté à la crise, mais les fonds de pension privés ont été durement touchés par la crise financière. Alors que les dépenses de soins de santé ont augmenté jusqu'au début de la crise, elles se sont stabilisées en 2010 et 2011 en moyenne dans l'OCDE. Cette période de deux ans sans croissance des dépenses de santé est sans précédent dans l’OCDE. Mais, dans les pays durement touchés par la crise, les dépenses publiques en soins de santé ont considérablement diminué. Les dépenses de l'assurance chômage ont augmenté au cours de la crise dans la plupart des pays de l'OCDE. Dans certains pays , les dépenses ont augmenté beaucoup plus que le nombre de chômeurs , ce qui reflète une extension ou des prestations plus généreuses, tandis que dans d'autres, l'augmentation a été nettement plus faible, indiquant des problèmes d'adéquation de ces régimes d'assurance-chômage . Cinq études de cas de pays sont également examinés en se concentrant sur la façon dont les institutions sociales ont absorbé les chocs dans un passé plus lointain et des leçons sont tirées de ces expériences.

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  • Falilou Fall & Mauro Pisu & Jon Pareliussen & Debra Bloch, 2014. "Vulnerability of Social Institutions: Lessons from the Recent Crisis and Historical Episodes," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1130, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:ecoaaa:1130-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5jz1592t3646-en
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    1. Falilou Fall, 2015. "The Robustness of Pension Systems: Lessons from the Crisis," ifo DICE Report, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 13(2), pages 42-49, 08.
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    3. Falilou Fall, 2015. "The Robustness of Pension Systems: Lessons from the Crisis," ifo DICE Report, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 13(02), pages 42-49, August.

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    Keywords

    assurance chômage; health care; pension scheme; protection sociale; retraites; santé; social protection; unemployment insurance;
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    JEL classification:

    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
    • H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
    • I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
    • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies
    • J65 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings

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