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The drift of public spending towards the elderly: A generational analysis of the trend of public policies in Spain

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The tendency for public welfare spending to be increasingly aimed at the elderly has been pointed out for the US and other developed countries. While population ageing is a common trend, it is not obvious why the shift in spending exceeds the trend in ageing, or why per capita spending on the elderly increases. We show that this is the case in Spain, identify the losers from this development, discuss the policies that underlie this trend, and propose adjustments based on Musgrave’s fixed proportions rule as an inter-generationally fair distribution.

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  • Guillem López & Ana Mosterin, 2007. "The drift of public spending towards the elderly: A generational analysis of the trend of public policies in Spain," Economics Working Papers 1051, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
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    1. Börsch-Supan, Axel, 2006. "European welfare state regimes and their generosity towards the elderly," Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications 07-24, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim;Sonderforschungsbereich 504, University of Mannheim.
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    Keywords

    Intergenerational equity; Musgrave’s rule; Spanish social policy and ageing;
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    JEL classification:

    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • 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
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination

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