CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Emso, Amila |
|---|---|
| Title | What Does Development Have to Do with It? Disaggregating the Impact of Economic Globalization on the Welfare State |
| Summary | This study examines the relationship between economic globalization and the welfare state for the time period of 2000-2014 by employing a cross-sectional time-series regression analysis. The main findings indicate that the effect of economic globalization on the welfare state varies based on countries’ levels of economic development. While the effect is positive for advanced economies, the opposite is true in the case of the developing ones. Furthermore, this study makes an original contribution to the literature by dividing the developing economies into two distinct groups – the emerging and the least developed economies – in order to examine whether globalization affects them differently. The findings suggest that the emerging economies are more adversely affected compared to their least developed counterparts. Finally, the last part of the study finds the effect of globalization on the welfare state varies by region. Europe and Central Asia have generally seen an increase in social spending in the face of increased globalization, countries in East Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as North America have witnessed welfare state retrenchment, while a negligible positive effect was detected for African states. |
| Supervisor | Makszin, Kristin Maria |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/emso_amila.pdf |
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