The impact of publicly provided services on the distribution of resources. Review of new results and methods.

Autor/inn/en	Verbist, Gerlinde; Förster, Michael; Vaalavuo, Maria
Institution	OECD / Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs
Titel	The impact of publicly provided services on the distribution of resources. Review of new results and methods.
Quelle	Paris (2012), 85 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	OECD social, employment and migration working papers. 130
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
ISSN	1815-199X
DOI	10.1787/5k9h363c5szq-en
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Kinderbetreuung; Wohnungsbau; Gesundheit; Medizinische Versorgung; Sozialausgaben; Soziale Dienste; Ausgaben; Dienstleistung; Einkommensverteilung; Kosten; Privathaushalt; Staatliche Dienstleistung; Verteilungseffekt; Öffentliche Ausgaben; Altenpflege; Sozialwesen; Internationaler Vergleich; Haushaltseinkommen; OECD (Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung); Australien; Belgien; Deutschland; Dänemark; Estland; Finnland; Frankreich; Griechenland; Großbritannien; Irland; Island; Israel; Italien; Japan; Kanada; Luxemburg; Mexiko; Neuseeland; Niederlande; Norwegen; Polen; Portugal; Schweden; Schweiz; Slowakei; Spanien; Türkei; USA; Ungarn; Österreich
Abstract	"This paper looks at how the income distribution in countries changes when the value of publicly-provided services to households is included. We consider five major categories of public services: education, health care, social housing, childcare and elderly care. On average across OECD countries, spending on these 'in-kind' benefits accounts for about 13% of GDP, slightly more than the spending on cash transfers - but with considerable cross-country variation. Broadening the income concept to account for in-kind benefits considerably increases households' economic resources: in a typical OECD country, the average annual household income would be close to USD 28 000, rather than USD 22 000 in purchasing power parities. But public services also contribute to reducing income inequality, by between one-fifth and one-third depending on the inequality measure. Mexico and, according to most inequality measures, the United States, Portugal, Ireland, and the United Kingdom record higher reduction rates, while Slovenia records lower ones. Across all countries, redistributive effects are stronger among specific population groups at higher risk of poverty. Between 2000 and 2007, the redistributive impact of public services remained stable overall. However, the impact became stronger in countries where the share of services in household income increased significantly, while it weakened in those countries where this share decreased. The paper suggests that publicly provided services fulfil an important direct redistributive role in OECD countries." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Querschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2000 bis 2007.
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2012/3