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Mar 2003
This paper gauges the degree of convergence of social protections across West European EU countries over the period 1970 to 1999. It finds no evidence of long-run convergence in social protection expenditure to GDP ratios nationally. However, it does find evidence of catching-up relative to German and EU averages for all countries belonging to the EU before enlargement in 1995, except for Greece.
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Author | Simón Sosvilla-Rivero, José A Herce, Juan-José de Lucio |
Series | CEPS ENEPRI Working Papers |
Issue | 18 |
Publisher | Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) |
Copyright | © 2003 Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) |