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Generational differences in U.S. public spending, 1980-2000.

Susmita Pati1, Ron Keren, Evaline A Alessandrini

  • 1Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA.

Health Affairs (Project Hope)
|September 17, 2004
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Public welfare spending shows little change as a percentage of GDP, but the per capita spending gap between children and the elderly widened by 20 percent from 1980-2000. Children

Area of Science:

  • Public finance
  • Social policy
  • Demographics

Background:

  • Evaluating public welfare spending requires balancing resources for children and the elderly.
  • Understanding historical trends in social welfare allocation is crucial for policy development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze trends in public social welfare spending for children and the elderly between 1980 and 2000.
  • To identify shifts in per capita spending and economic cycle impacts on welfare allocation.

Main Methods:

  • Comparative analysis of public spending data.
  • Examination of social welfare expenditure as a percentage of GDP.
  • Assessment of per capita spending in constant dollars over two decades.

Main Results:

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  • Social welfare spending for both children and the elderly remained relatively stable as a percentage of GDP throughout the study period.
  • The per capita spending gap between the elderly and children increased by 20 percent in constant dollars.
  • Children's welfare programs experienced greater negative impacts during economic recessions compared to programs for the elderly.

Conclusions:

  • Despite stable GDP percentages, a significant and growing disparity in per capita social welfare spending exists between children and the elderly.
  • Recessionary periods disproportionately affect funding for children's programs, highlighting an imbalance in resource allocation.
  • There is a need for public discourse on the equitable distribution of social welfare resources.