@techreport{0ba872d147f34bc1b2d7c6691435c431,
title = "Institutional factors and people's preferences in social protection: Patterns around the world from 1950-2010",
abstract = "Social Protection (SP) policies and institutions play multiple roles for the achievement of inclusive development. Over the last decade a paradigm shift took place whereby SP is no longer seen just as a cost for an economy, but instead as a social investment. Still, governments of low and middle-income countries are reluctant to invest in nationally-owned SP systems. Developing countries redistribute only a small share of GDP to households in extreme or persistent poverty. This paper estimates whether and to what extent the level of SP expenditure varies with institutional quality and people's preferences using cross-country panel data.",
keywords = "Developing countries, Institutions, Public policies, Social protection",
author = "Franziska Gassmann and Pierre Mohnen and Vincenzo Vinci",
year = "2016",
month = jan,
day = "10",
language = "English",
series = "UNU-MERIT Working Papers",
publisher = "UNU-MERIT",
number = "003",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "UNU-MERIT",
}