Ekonomi ve Yönetim Araştırmaları Dergisi

Yazarlar: Erol SOLMAZ, Mehmet AVCI

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Poverty,Social Protection Expenditure,Struggle with Poverty,European Union

Özet: This study examines the effect of the social protection expenditures in the European Union countries on the reduction of poverty and it deals with the total poverty, female poverty, poverty of individuals who are 65 and older, and poverty of unemployed individuals. When we evaluated the results of the study as a whole, we found that the poverty ratios were inversely affected as the ratio of the social protection expenditures to the gross domestic product GDP increased. This inverse relation is stronger among individuals who are 65 and older and among unemployed individuals. On the other hand, Germany, Slovenia, Denmark, England and Italy were found to be unsuccessful to reduce the poverty ratios among individuals who are 65 and older and among unemployed individuals although they had relatively more social protection expenditures. This result indicates that the socio-economic policies followed in these countries and the actual social functions do not fully serve their purposes

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