in a number of countries government spending on cash transfers to workingage individuals and families has remained more or less constant over the entire period austria czech republic france germany greece japan korea portugal spain despite sometimes sizable trend increases in total spendingtogdp ratios as discussed above public spending on income support for the nonelderly has relative to gdp dropped significantly in a few countries a similar comparison can be made on the revenue side however while oecd revenue statistics indentify the revenue components that are most relevant in the context of studying income redistribution personal income taxes and social contributions it is not possible to approximate the share of these taxes that are paid by nonelderly households only