Börsch-Supan, Axel (contributor) - 2006
share of social expenditures of the EU15 countries in 2001 was 23.9
percent, vis-à-vis 14.7 percent in the United States …. Indeed,
GDP per capita in the United States is almost 50 percent higher than the average of the EU15
countries (see figure … 1).
Figure 1: GDP per capita (EU25=100)
EU-25 EU-15 Canada Japan …