Can income security enhance growth in developing countries? : A study of the effects on economic growth of income support programs for the unemployed and elderly in developing countries

Description

<p>This paper addresses the question if income security can enhance economic growth in developing countries? It takes its starting point in the income security problems of a developing country and summarizes evidence from published empirical research on formal income security mechanisms. We conclude that the findings on incomes security efficiency effects are ambiguous. A limited econometric study based on data from Chile is carried out with a regression showing that social securities total effect on economic growth is negative but more econometric research on total effect on growth are needed to give a definite answer.</p>

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Tags

economic growth

income security

social security

developing countries.

Economics

Nationalekonomi

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:uu-7013
Date	January 2006
Creators	Cras, Patrik, Rosén, Christer
Publisher	Uppsala University, Department of Economics, Uppsala University, Department of Economics, Uppsala : Nationalekonomiska institutionen
Source Sets	DiVA Archive at Upsalla University
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Student thesis, text