Sectoral trends in social expenditure and their impact on income distribution

During the 1990s, increases in social expenditure had a relatively greater redistributive effect in countries with lower per capita income levels owing to the marked rise in public spending on education and health. By contrast, the redistributive effect was less pronounced in countries with higher per capita income levels, since approximately 50% of the increase in public social expenditure went to social security, its least progressive component.

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