Internal diversity of social expenditures in the European Union and euro zone Cover Image

Wewnętrzne zróżnicowanie wydatków socjalnych w Unii Europejskiej i strefie euro
Internal diversity of social expenditures in the European Union and euro zone

Author(s): Ewa Pancer-Cybulska, Agata Surówka
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: social policy; European Union; social spending; euro zone; international comparisons

Summary/Abstract: The diversity of scale, dynamics and structure of social expenditures are talked over in this article. The first part includes the characteristics of euro zone in four social models. In the second part the statistical analysis of chosen variables’ changes characterizing the social expenditures of the seventeen of the EU member countries is presented. The third part includes the comparative analysis of EU member states not belonging to the euro zone and those whose currency is euro in the light of existing social models’ elements. Graphic methods of the data presentation were used in the analysis (Statistica and Excel programmes) as well as chosen statistical measures.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 233
  • Page Range: 59-76
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish