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Globalization and the Decline of the Welfare State in Less-Developed Countries
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Why have trends in government welfare spending in developing countries diverged from those in developed countries? I address this question by investigating the effects of capital and trade flows on government welfare spending in fifty-three developing countries. Using an original measure of labor power in developing countries, I test the links between international markets, labor's political strength, and the welfare state. I argue that labor's collective-action problems, caused by large populations of low-skilled and surplus workers, offset labor's potential political gains from globalization. I show that when the proportion of low-skilled workers in a nation is high, globalization will lead to a decline in welfare spending. Most significantly, the results suggest that in nations where labor-market institutions are not yet well developed, government social-welfare spending is constrained by international market, forces.
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- Authors
- Rudra, N.
- Venue
- International Organization
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2002
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 411-445
- ISSN
- 0020-8183 (ISSN-L)
- 1531-5088
- OpenAlex
- W2127666958
- Cited by
- 473
- References
- 77
- FWCI
- 48.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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