Globalization and the welfare state

Yay, Gülsün; Aksoy, Tolga

doi:10.1007/s11135-017-0501-z

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“…Social expenditure tended to increase in high‐income (West) European countries and to decrease in low‐income (East) countries when globalisation was proceeding rapidly (Leibrecht, Klien, & Onaran, ; Onaran & Boesch, ; Onaran, Boesch, & Leibrecht, ). The globalisation‐induced effects also differed across welfare state regimes supporting the compensation effect in social democrat, conservative and Mediterranean welfare state regimes and the efficiency effect in liberal welfare state regimes (Yay & Aksoy, ).…”

Section: The Globalisation–welfare State Nexus: Previous Studiesmentioning

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“…The empirical evidence on how globalisation influences tax rates and public (social) spending tends to support the compensation hypothesis rather than the race‐to‐the‐bottom hypothesis (Cameron, ; Dreher, Sturm, & Ursprung, ; Gaston & Rajaguru, 2013a,2013b; Gozgor & Ranjan, ; Gründler & Köllner, ; Herwartz & Theilen, ; Meinhard & Potrafke, ; Potrafke, ; Walter, ; Yay & Aksoy, ;—for surveys see Potrafke, ; Schulze & Ursprung, ; Ursprung, ) . Social expenditure has, for example, drastically increased in OECD countries and dominates fiscal policies—proceeding globalisation notwithstanding.…”

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The globalisation–welfare state nexus: Evidence from Asia

Potrafke

2018

World Economy

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How globalisation influences social expenditure has been examined for industrialised countries. Globalisation has often been shown to be positively associated with social expenditure in established industrialised countries, a finding that corroborates the compensation hypothesis. Scholars have focused on industrialised countries, because social expenditure is difficult to measure in developing countries. I use new data on social expenditure for Asian non‐OECD countries. Globalisation is measured by the new KOF Globalisation Index. My results do not suggest that globalisation influenced social expenditures in Asia. Neither do the results suggest that the nexus between globalisation and social expenditures varied across high‐income countries, such as Hong Kong and Singapore, and lower‐income Asian countries or across Asian regions. It is conceivable that Asian citizens did not demand increasing social support when globalisation proceeded rapidly because they enjoyed family and other private assistance. Asian countries also have weaker tax and labour market institutions than OECD countries and have therefore more difficulties in increasing social expenditure.

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Section: The Globalisation–welfare State Nexus: Previous Studiesmentioning

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Section: The Globalisation–welfare State Nexus: Previous Studiesmentioning

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The globalisation–welfare state nexus: Evidence from Asia

Potrafke

2018

World Economy

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“…Some include traits of the quality of human life or human well-being. For exploring the question of globalization and its sustainability, we have selected indices that characterize diverse aspects of sustainable development stated above, as well as an overall sustainable development index [36][37][38].…”

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What Are the Implications of Globalization on Sustainability?—A Comprehensive Study

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It is becoming more and more certain that globalization is not just purely an economical phenomenon; it is exhibiting itself on a worldwide level. Amid globalization’s observable appearances, the most obvious are the larger international mobility of goods and services, flows of finance capital, data and information and most importantly people. On top of that, there are technological progresses and more international cultural interactions, which are facilitated by the enhancement of free trade of large quantities of more differentiated goods and also through immigration and tourism. The political changes and ecological concerns play an important part in this regard. In the current study, sustainability Indices are linked with the KOF Globalization Index to understand if more globalized countries are performing better in terms of sustainable development and its dimensions, especially environmental sustainability. Sustainability indices such as Human Development Index (HDI) and Environmental Performance Index (EPI) showed a stronger relation with different levels of globalization while others (Red List Index (RLI), Environment Sustainability Index (ESI)) did not. The results reveal that globalization has a positive implication on sustainability in the overall perspective.

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“…The empirical evidence on how globalisation influences tax rates and public (social) spending tends to support the compensation hypothesis rather than the race-to-the-bottom hypothesis (Cameron 1978, Dreher et al 2008b, Potrafke 2009, Walter 2010, Meinhard and Potrafke 2012, Gaston and Rajaguru 2013aand 2013b, Herwartz and Theilen 2014, Gozgor and Ranjan 2017, Yay and Aksoy 2018, Gründler and Köllner 2018 -for surveys see Schulze and Ursprung 1999, Ursprung 2008, Potrafke 2015. Social expenditure has, for example, drastically increased in OECD countries and dominates fiscal policies -proceeding globalisation notwithstanding.…”

Section: Industrialised Countriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Globalisation-Welfare State Nexus: Evidence from Asia

Potrafke

2018

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Globalization and the welfare state

Cited by 21 publications

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The globalisation–welfare state nexus: Evidence from Asia

The globalisation–welfare state nexus: Evidence from Asia

What Are the Implications of Globalization on Sustainability?—A Comprehensive Study

The Globalisation-Welfare State Nexus: Evidence from Asia

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