TY - JOUR
T1 - Human development and decentralization
T2 - The importance of public health expenditure
AU - Miranda-Lescano, Ronald
AU - Muinelo-Gallo, Leonel
AU - Roca-Sagalés, Oriol
N1 - Funding Information:
Ronald Miranda-Lescano is grateful to the Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación (ANII) of Uruguay (code: POS_EXT_2018_1_153809). Oriol Roca-Sagalés acknowledges financial assistance from the 2017SGR1301 (Generalitat de Catalunya) and PID2019-104723RB-I00 (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación). We are grateful to Andreas P. Kyriacou as well as conference participants at EMNES Annual Conference (December 2021) for their helpful comments.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Edgard Milhaud Foundation.
PY - 2022/3/13
Y1 - 2022/3/13
N2 - In this article, we empirically analyze the impact of central and subnational government spending on human development in a sample of 57 developed and developing countries over the period 2000–18. Specifically, we focus on the effects of health and education public expenditure on the Human Development Index (HDI) and its dimensions (life expectancy, education, and income). Applying data panel analysis, our empirical evidence shows the importance of central and subnational government health expenditure positively impacting on HDI and each of its components, while in the case of the education expenditure, this positive effect is only confirmed on the educational dimension of HDI. Our study shows how governments can stimulate human development, improving the well-being of citizens, by allocating more resources to healthcare through the different administrative levels.
AB - In this article, we empirically analyze the impact of central and subnational government spending on human development in a sample of 57 developed and developing countries over the period 2000–18. Specifically, we focus on the effects of health and education public expenditure on the Human Development Index (HDI) and its dimensions (life expectancy, education, and income). Applying data panel analysis, our empirical evidence shows the importance of central and subnational government health expenditure positively impacting on HDI and each of its components, while in the case of the education expenditure, this positive effect is only confirmed on the educational dimension of HDI. Our study shows how governments can stimulate human development, improving the well-being of citizens, by allocating more resources to healthcare through the different administrative levels.
KW - decentralization
KW - government health expenditure
KW - human development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85126230354&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1111/apce.12373
DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/apce.12373
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85126230354
SN - 1370-4788
VL - 94
SP - 191
EP - 219
JO - Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics
JF - Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics
IS - 1
ER -
