RT Journal Article
T1 The Influence of Socio-Demographic Factors on Financial Sustainability of Public Services: A Comparative Analysis in Regional Governments and Local Governments
A1 López Subires, María Deseada
A1 Alcaide Muñoz, Laura
A1 Navarro Galera, Andrés
A1 Rodríguez Bolívar, Manuel Pedro
K1 Servicios públicos - Finanzas
AB In recent years, financial sustainability (FS) of public policies has become a key concept inall governmental levels due to the need for ensuring public services delivery for future generations.Prior research has been focused on the financial sustainability in local governments (LGs) althoughits findings suggested the need to analyze this magnitude in other levels of government becausepolitical decisions could be different in each type of public entity. So, FS has also become veryrelevant in the Regional Government (RGs) context because their public policies affect not only atthe regional level but also the local one. Therefore, from a comparative approach, this paper seeksto identify socio-demographic factors which could influence on the financial sustainability, in theSpanish context for both LGs vs. RGS in order to establish public policies to make sustainable publicgoods and services. Findings demonstrate that differences in influential factors between these twolevels of public administration exist: factors such as population size and foreign population couldhave an effect on the financial sustainability of both governmental levels while the unemploymentrate, dependent population, and population density affect differently on LGs and RGs.
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36002
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36002
LA eng
NO López Subires, M. D., Alcaide Muñoz, L., Navarro Galera, A., & Rodríguez Bolívar, M. P. (2019). The Influence of Socio-Demographic Factors on Financial Sustainability of Public Services: A Comparative Analysis in Regional Governments and Local Governments. Sustainability, 11(21). [doi: 10.3390/su11216008]
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RD 21 ene 2026