Abstract

This study indicates that the strength of the rule of law affects social security expenditure and its financial resources. However, legal origins affect the strength of the rule of law. We use data from 36 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The legal origins affect the rule of law and have different marginal effects on public financial resources. Further, social security expenditures have a correction effect on economic inequality. However, the marginal effect of the social security expenditure on economic inequality differs based on its legal origins. Increasing social security expenditure affects correcting economic inequality to elaborate concerning all legal origins. Particularly in countries that adopted French legal origins, high social security expenditure further improves economic inequality. In contrast, increases in social security expenditures of countries with English legal origins do not improve economic inequality to a large extent. The results of this study suggest that differences in legal origins result in various types of capitalism.

摘要

这项研究表明，法治的力量会影响社会保障支出及其财政资源。但是，法律渊源会影响法治的实力。我们使用来自经济合作与发展组织36个成员国的数据。法律渊源影响法治，对公共财政资源的边际影响也不同。此外，社会保障支出对经济不平等具有校正作用。但是，社会保障支出对经济不平等的边际影响因其法律渊源而异。社会保障支出的增加会影响纠正经济不平等状况，以详细说明所有法律渊源。特别是在采用法国法律渊源的国家，较高的社会保障支出进一步改善了经济不平等。相反，具有英国合法血统的国家的社会保障支出增加并没有在很大程度上改善经济不平等。这项研究的结果表明，法律渊源的差异导致了各种类型的资本主义。