II‑ Economic Context
•Comprehensive social insurance and welfare state
•2003 taxes
•2003 government spending
•Highly open economy
•Gender equality
•Child Poverty
2003 taxes
larger share of income than USA, Canada or Britain,  < Italy, France, or Sweden

2003 government spending
greater than USA, Britain, Canada and Italy, below France and Sweden

Highly open economy
Most export dependent per capita of all developed economies

Gender equality
Behind Sweden, Canada and Britain but more equality than France or Italy

Child Poverty
Behind only Sweden and France in the course