Growing public : social spending and economic growth since the eighteenth century. Vol. 2, Further evidence /
Growing Public examines the question of whether social policies that redistribute income impose constraints on economic growth. Lindert argues that, contrary to the intuition of many economists and the ideology of many politicians, social spending has contributed to, rather than inhibited, economic...
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| Idioma: | anglès |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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Taula de continguts:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contnets; Preface to Volume 2; Part Five The Underlying Framework; Part Six Accounting for Social Spending, Jobs, and Growth; Appendix A Time Series on School Enrollments and Teachers, 1830-1930; Appendix B Conflicting Data on Elementary School Enrollments within the United Kingdom, 1851-1931; Appendix C Public and Total Educational Expenditures as Percentages of National Product, since 1850; Appendix D Regressions Predicting Schooling, Growth, Social Transfers, and Direct Taxes, 1880-1930.
- Appendix E Regressions Predicting Social Spending, Growth, and Employment, OECD 1962-1995Appendix F Social Transfers circa 1990 versus History; Appendix G Postregression Accounting Formulae; Notes; Bibliography; Index.