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Contents
Preface.......................................................................... 3
1. Introduction................................................................. 9
2. The government balances..................................................... 10
3. The government size........................................................... 11
4. The government receipts..................................................... 15
5. The government expenditure.................................................. 16
5.1 Education............................................................... 18
5.2 Health.................................................................. 20
5.3 Social security and welfare............................................. 21
6. The government debt and lending............................................... 22
7. International comparison.................................................... 24
8. Social security and welfare affairs........................................... 27
8.1 The general govemment’s social transfers.................................. 30
8.1.1 Old age and disablility............................................ 30
8.1.2 Families and children.............................................. 33
8.1.3 Unemployment....................................................... 36
8.1.4 Sickness and injury................................................ 37
8.2. The general govemment’s welfare services................................ 38
8.2.1 Children and teenaged.............................................. 38
8.2.2 Services to the elderly............................................ 40
8.2.3 Services to the handicaps.......................................... 41
8.2.4 Other welfare services ............................................ 41
8.7 Social security and welfare services in intemational context............... 41
8.3.1 A comparison between Nordic countries.............................. 42
8.3.2 Public expenditures on welfare affairs according to OECD definition . 46
8.3.3 Public expenditures on welfare affairs in few OECD-countries......... 48
9. Tables...................................................................... 51
Tables 1.1-1.6 Public finance overview.......................................... 51
Table 1.1 Overview of general govemment main aggregates 1980-1998............. 53
Table 1.2 Overview of central govemment main aggregates 1980-1998............. 54
Table 1.3 Overview oflocal govemment main aggregates 1980-1998................ 55
Table 1.4 Percentage breakdown of general govemment current revenue
and outlays by function and by central govemment, local govemment
and social security system. Year 1997 ............................. 56
Table 1.5 General govemment net saving and fmancial balance 1980-1998 ........ 57
Table 1.6 General govemment employment, number of man-years.................. 58
Tables 2.1-2.5 General government revenue, outlay and capital account............. 59
Table2.1 General govemment main aggregates 1988-1998, million ISK............ 60
Table 2.2 General govemment finances 1988-1998, million ISK.................. 62
Table 2.3 Central govemment finances 1988-1998, million ISK................... 63
Table 2.4 Local govemment finances 1988-1998, million ISK.................... 64
Table 2.5 Social security system 1987-1998, million ISK....................... 65
Tables 3.1 Classification of general government revenues according to type........ 67
Table3.1 General govemment revenue 1988-1998, million ISK.................... 69
Table3.2 Detailed account of general govemment current revenues 1988-1998... 70
Table 3.3 General govemment current revenues 1992-1997, their breakdown
and their percentage of GDP ......................................... 71
Table 3.4 Detailed account of central and local govemments
current revenues 1987-1997, million ISK ............................. 72
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