Prague Economic Papers 2002, 11(4):318-338 | DOI: 10.18267/j.pep.200

Social expenditures (czech - austrian comparison)

Marie Vavrejnová1, Karl Wörister2
1 Economics Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Politických vìzòù 7, CZ - 111 21 Prague 1 (e-mail: marie.vavrejnova@cerge-ei.cz).
2 Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte für Wien, Prinz Eugen - Strasse 20 - 22, A - 1040 Wien (email: karl.woerister@akwien.at).

This paper describes and evaluates the development of social expenditures in the Czech Republic and Austria during the nineties. The authors compare social systems of both countries with the aim to show the main differences as well as some identical and concurring features, and to take lecture from them for future reforms. In the first part, a short comparison of the main macroeconomic indicators and their development as the bases of social systems is presented. Factors influencing the level and structure of social expenditures in both countries are mentioned: different economic level, demographic, systemic, and governmental factors. In the second part, the structure of social expenditures and its development is analysed in detail. Current reforms of pension systems in both countries are mentioned. The growing role of personal expenditures in the Czech Republic in covering different kinds of social needs is demonstrated on the health care expenditures.

Keywords: pension systems, social expenditures, structure of social expenditures, international comparison
JEL classification: H53, H55, N30

Published: January 1, 2002  Show citation

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