Comparing Public Spending and Priorities Across OECD Countries

Autor/inn/en	Dewan, Sabina; Ettlinger, Michael
Institution	Center for American Progress
Titel	Comparing Public Spending and Priorities Across OECD Countries
Quelle	(2009), (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Expenditures; Taxes; Health; Armed Forces; Educational Finance; Law Enforcement; Safety; Social Services; Government (Administrative Body); Federal Government; Foreign Countries; Resource Allocation; Budgets; Economics; Public Support; United States; Czech Republic; Japan; Switzerland; Greece; Hungary; Portugal; Germany; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Poland; Spain; United Kingdom; Slovakia; France; Finland; Belgium; Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Austria; Italy; Russia; Australia; Canada; Ireland; South Korea; New Zealand; Iceland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausgaben; Abgabe; Gesundheit; Military; Militär; Bildungsfonds; Gesetzesvollzug; Sicherheit; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Government; Regierung; Bundesregierung; Ausland; Ressourcenallokation; Finanzhaushalt; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Öffentliche Förderung; Öffentliche Trägerschaft; USA; Tschechische Republik; Schweiz; Griechenland; Ungarn; Deutschland; Niederlande; Polen; Spanien; Großbritannien; Slowakei; Frankreich; Finnland; Belgien; Dänemark; Norwegen; Schweden; Österreich; Italien; Russland; Australien; Kanada; Irland; Korea; Republik; Neuseeland; Island
Abstract	At the heart of progressivism is the belief that government--not big government, or small government, but effective government--has a critical role to play in ensuring the well being of its citizens. Public spending serves an important function in pursuing economic growth objectives while ensuring that gains are widely distributed to promote broad-based increases in living standards. But governments' relative fiscal positions, how much they spend, and the composition of that spending is likely to make a difference in achieving these objectives. Member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development--an international organization consisting primarily of developed, free-market economies--vary significantly in (1) their relative fiscal positions, or deficits and surpluses; (2) their amount of public spending; and (3) how they allocate spending across different categories to reflect priorities. This descriptive study examines how OECD countries have addressed the current economic situation through their fiscal balance sheets, and then goes on to consider similarities and differences in public spending across OECD countries through the prism of economic and social objectives. Countries are compared according to three relative measures of government spending: spending as a share of GDP, spending per capita, and spending by category as a percentage of total government expenditure. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01