Why social security expenditure in the 1980s has risen faster than expected: the role of unemployment
The difficulties encountered in forecasting social security expenditure (significantly underpredicted for much of the 1980s) have long been a source of concern-not least to officials in the DSS. Although official forecasts are undertaken and published primarily because they are needed for the public expenditure planning process, they should also palay a scientific role in testing the underlying theories abou the determinants of social security spending.
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1990
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Authors: | Disney, Richard ; Webb, Steven |
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Fiscal Studies. - Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). - Vol. 11.1990, 1, p. 1-20
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Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) |
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