Globalization and the Future of Social Protection

January 1, 2000

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Vito Tanzi. Globalization and the Future of Social Protection, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2000) accessed December 26, 2024

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Summary

Social protection in industrial countries has been provided through regulations, tax expenditures, and public spending. This paper argues that globalization will affect governments’ ability to continue providing this social protection at the level of recent decades. Specifically, tax competition among jurisdictions, ballooning electronic commerce, and increased mobility of the factors of production will likely cause significant falls in tax revenue in future years. The paper concludes that the welfare states need to look for alternative ways to provide social protection.

Subject: Expenditure, Globalization, Income, National accounts, Public financial management (PFM), Revenue administration, Tax expenditures

Keywords: Country, East Asia, Global, Globalization, Government, Government expenditure, Income, Public spending, Regulations, Social expenditure, South Asia, Tax authorities, Tax competition, Tax expenditure, Tax expenditures, Tax exporting, Tax jurisdiction, Tax level, Taxes, Tobin tax, Welfare state, World government, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

22
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Series:

Working Paper No. 2000/012
Stock No:

WPIEA0122000
ISBN:

9781451842890
ISSN:

1018-5941

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