Search Results - subject:"Social security"

Trust in Government as a Constitutional Consequence

Clark, J. R.; Lee, Dwight R. - In: Journal of Private Enterprise 18 (2003) Spring 2003, pp. 1-21

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Inclusion or Insurance? National Insurance and the future of the contributory principle

Hills, John - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2003

and absorb the other insurance benefits within the rest of working age social security, or to maintain the scope of …This paper examines the decline of National Insurance in Britain, as witnessed by its declining share of all social … security spending and the steady dilution of the "contributory principle" on which it was originally based. It argues that this …

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Social Security Investment in Equities I : Linear Case

Diamond, Peter A.; Geanakoplos, John - 2003

Social Security trust fund portfolio diversification to include some equities reduces the equity premium by raising the …

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Convergence in Social Protection Across EU Countries, 1970-1999

Sosvilla-Rivero, Simon; Herce, Jose A.; de Lucio … - 2003

This paper examines the degree of convergence in social protection registered in the European Union during the 1970-99 period. To that end, we use Eurostat data and study the long-run properties of the data set using time series analysis. Our results indicate that there is no evidence of...

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The Clinton Legacy for America's Poor

Blank, Rebecca M.; Ellwood, David T. - 2003

This paper examines the impact of Clinton era social policy changes on the poor. It explores shifts in incentives, behavior, and incomes and discusses the role Clinton did or did not play in influencing the policy mix and the nature of the political debate surrounding poverty. Policy changes...

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Equity and Policy Effectiveness with Imperfect Targeting

Duclos, Jean-Yves; Bibi, Sami - 2003

We propose a general cost-of-inequality approach that jointly integrates horizontal and vertical equity criteria in the assessment of poverty alleviation programs, with the strength of each criterion being captured through its own inequity-aversion parameter. This contrasts with the assessment...

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Transitions Off Welfare : An Examination of Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Motivational Predictors

Stellmack, Amy L.; Wanberg, Connie R.; … - 2003

A three-wave longitudinal study of 1071 female Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) recipients was conducted to examine predictors of welfare outcomes in the context of the 1996 federal welfare reform act. In addition to the demographic and socioeconomic variables that typically have been...

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Distributional Effects of Optimal Commodity Taxes Combined with Minimum Income Programs in Brazil

Barbosa, Ana Luiza Neves de Holanda; Fiuza, Eduardo P.S; … - 2003

Commodity taxes play an important role in Brazil and raise around 60% of the total tax revenue. This heavy reliance renders commodity taxation one of the main tools available to the government for collecting revenue and securing redistribution. In fact, Brazilian income inequity is one of the...

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Social Security Wealth and Retirement Decisions in Italy

Brugiavini, Agar; Peracchi, Franco - 2003

social security system. The basic idea is very simple: at any given age, and based on the available information, workers …. A key role in this kind of comparisons is played by social security wealth, whose level and changes reflect the … expectations about the profile of future earnings and the institutional features of the social security system. The various …

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Inflation Expectations, Interest Rates and Arbitrary Income Transfers

Makin, Tony - 2003

Unexpected inflation, disinflation or deflation cause arbitrary income transfers between an economy's borrowers and lenders. This redistribution results from distorted real interest rates that are too high when price level changes are over-predicted and too low when they are under-predicted....

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