Latin America and the Social Contract
Patterns of Social Spending and Taxation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5110023 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karla Breceda (Ministry of Health), Jamele Rigolini (World Bank), Jaime Saavedra (0000-0003-0010-964X, World Bank) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 721-748 |
| Publication date | 2009-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population and Development Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0098-7921 • E-ISSN: 1728-4457 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2009.00306.x |
| OpenAlex | W1966090751 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 13 |
This article analyzes the incidence of social spending and taxation by income quintile for seven Latin American countries, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Absolute levels of social spending in Latin America are fairly flat across income quintiles, a pattern similar to that in the United States and differing from the more progressive pattern of spending in the United Kingdom. The structure of taxation in Latin America is also similar to that of the United States. Because of high income inequality in Latin America and the US, the rich bear of most the burden, whereas the United Kingdom taxes the middle class to a greater extent. The analysis suggests that many Latin American countries are trapped in a vicious cycle in which the rich resist the expansion of the welfare state (because they bear most of its tax burden without receiving commensurate benefits), and their opposition to its expansion in turn maintains long-term inequalities
Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Inequality · Latin Americans · Middle class · Opposition (politics) · Political science · Welfare · Welfare state · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Taxation and Compliance Studies
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |