Application of Two Sub-Indexes of Social Policy Index, Social Spending, and Taxes in Spain: The Effects of the Current Crisis in a Country with a Southern Welfare Model

Rigla, Francisco Ródenas; Ferrer, Jorge Garcés; Figueroa, Carla Vidal; Rozas, Gustavo Castillo

doi:10.18848/2327-0071/cgp/v10i01/53134

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“…However, Garcés et al (2012Garcés et al ( , 2014 and Ródenas et al (2013) have applied SPI as it was presented by Naren Prasad (and later using some dimensions of the index for comparative purposes) in order to assess whether this met the target proposed by its creators. To ensure the availability of data, selected two countries belonging to the OECD, Chile and Spain, and analyzed at different periods in order to verify effectiveness.…”

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Application of Social Policy Index (SPI) Amended in Three OECD Countries: Finland, Spain and Mexico

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Currently there are no comparative studies to measure on a global basis social policy as a government input. An alternative is the inclusion of various relevant indicators for social policy in a single index, which allows a statistical and comparative analysis of different countries. The United Nations in 2006 proposed a tool to measure social policies in different countries called Social Policy Index (SPI), which results are not yet known. The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of measuring social policy based on their inputs and applying the Social Policy Index (SPI) in three countries with different welfare systems, establishing a retrospective comparison of the situation of social policies of each one considering the years 2005-2010. The results show consistency between the value obtained by the SPI and the socioeconomic and political context of each country, and their classification in different welfare regimes, so it is an index that could be used as a tool for measuring and comparing social policies.

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confidence: 99%