Ezcurra, Roberto; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - Instituto de Ciencias Sociales, Instituto Madrileño de … - 2009
This article examines the effect of the degree of decentralization of social protection expenditure on economic growth, using panel data for twenty OECD countries over the period 1990-2005. Our results show a positive impact of the subnational share of total government expenditure in social...