The Impact of Social Spending on Socio-Economic Indicators

Student: Aleksandr Balakin

Educational Programme: Economics (Bachelor)

Final Grade: 7

Year of Graduation: 2024

The topic of the thesis is "The impact of social spending on socio-economic indicators", in which the phenomenon and genesis of the welfare state were considered and analyzed in detail. The aim of the study is to conduct a worldwide cross-country analysis for 2017 in order to find a significant impact of social spending on the example of government spending on health and education on gross national income and on average life expectancy. On the basis of significant relationships, build model equations and compare theoretical indicators with real ones. Based on the equation, analyze the data through DEA analysis to assess the technical effectiveness of social spending in all countries of the world. Based on the task, the hypothesis is confirmed that social support measures lead to positive changes in social indicators.

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