Board #33 - Welfare Without Growth: Rethinking the Link Between Social Spending and Economic Development in Latin America

• In Event: 74-311 - Poster Session: IPE: Aid, Trade, and Investment

Brief Overview

This paper uses simple regressions to explore the relationship with sustained spending on social services and long term economic growth in 16 Latin American states. The paper finds no significant relationships.

Author

• Jacob D Martin, Morningside University