Economic Globalization and the Welfare State in Affluent Democracies, 1975–2001

Brady, David; Beckfield, Jason; Seeleib-Kaiser, Martin

doi:10.1177/000312240507000603

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“…This may come as a surprise in light of the extensive academic literature and public debate, which stress that globalisation imposes new constraints on governments' ability to redistribute income or protect their citizens through the welfare state 2 (see Brady, Beckfield, and 1 Examples include among many others fuel, electricity, and water subsidies, the absence of kerosene tax, or differential taxation of capital and labor, which favor sectors intensive in energy, water or capital respectively. 2 For example, Wilson (1987) shows that the higher mobility of the tax base in an open Seeleib-Kaiser (2005) for a summary of the empirical literature).…”

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Trade and the political economy of redistribution

Vannoorenberghe

Janeba

2016

Journal of International Economics

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Trade and the political economy of redistribution

Vannoorenberghe

Janeba

2016

Journal of International Economics

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“…Globalization might also lead to a convergence of welfare states (e.g. Brady et al, 2005;Adelantado and Cuevas, 2006).…”

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The Effect of Globalization on the Distribution of Taxes and Social Expenditures in Europe: Do Welfare State Regimes Matter?

Onaran

Boesch

2014

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Europe. It tests the coexistence of efficiency and compensation effects of globalization on the expenditure as well as the revenue sides of government budgets. In Western Europe, globalization leads to an increase in social expenditures; however these expenditures are to an increasing extent financed by taxes on labor income. There is no effect of the ITR on capital income, whereas the ITR on consumption decreases. There are important differences between the welfare states. In the conservative regimes, social expenditures increase due to globalization, but they are financed to an increasing extent by taxes on labor. In the social democratic regimes, not only social expenditures, but also the ITRs on capital income and consumption decrease as a result of globalization, whereas the ITR on labor income increases. In the liberal regimes, the ITR on labor income is rising, while social expenditures and the ITR on consumption is declining. In the southern regimes, the ITRs on both capital income and consumption are decreasing. In the CEE NMS, on average, there seems to be no statistically significant effect of globalization on social expenditures nor on the ITR on capital and labor income. Globalization affects only the ITR on consumption, leading to a decline. However, different welfare regimes react differently: there is a negative effect of globalization on social spending in the Baltic countries, and a negative effect on the ITR on capital income in the post-communist European regimes.

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“…Brady et al (2005); Adelantado and Cuevas (2006)) point out that globalization may lead to welfare retrenchment in generous welfare states like the Scandinavian countries, while forcing an increase in less generous welfare regimes. This view implies convergence towards the middle.…”

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