Is Social Spending Procyclical?

This paper studies the cyclical behavior of public spending on health and education in 150 countries during 1987 - 2007. It finds that spending on education and health is procyclical in developing countries and acyclical in developed countries. In addition, education and health expenditures follow a...

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Main Author: Gupta, Sanjeev
Other Authors: Hajdenberg, Alejandro, Arze del Granado, Javier
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2010
Series:IMF Working Papers
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