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Citation link: https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/737
Explaining convergence of OECD welfare states - a conditional approach.pdf
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Explaining convergence of OECD welfare states: a conditional approach


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Authors: Schmitt, Carina  
Starke, Peter  
Abstract: 
Existing studies have found only limited empirical evidence of welfare state convergence. Moreover, although there are good theoretical reasons both for and against welfare state convergence, there are virtually no studies that have explicitly tested the assumed effects. We argue that the concept of conditional convergence helps to both better describe and explain the phenomenon. By applying error correction models, we examine conditional convergence of various types of social expenditure in 21 OECD countries between 1980 and 2005. Our empirical findings go beyond the existing literature in two respects. First, we show that there is very strong evidence of convergence across all categories of social expenditure when conditional factors are taken into account. Second, we demonstrate that the speed of convergence is highly driven by globalization and European Union membership and shaped by existing welfare state structures.
Keywords: Convergence; Welfare State; Social policy; OECD; Globalization
Issue Date: 18-May-2011
Publisher: Sage
Journal/Edited collection: Journal of European Social Policy 
Start page: 120
End page: 135
Note: 2
Band: 21
Type: Artikel/Aufsatz
ISSN: 1461-7269
DOI: 10.26092/elib/737
URN: urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-elib49403
Institution: Universität Bremen 
Faculty: Fachbereich 08: Sozialwissenschaften (FB 08) 
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