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stigma disutility increases with the number of non-disabled recipients. Tagging transfers according to disability … work due to either disability or distaste for work. Taxpayers have resentment against inactive benefit recipients because … characteristics decreases stigma. However, tagging is costly and imperfect. In this context, I show how the level of the per capita …
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stigma disutility increases with the number of non-disabled recipients. Tagging transfers according to disability … work due to either disability or distaste for work. Taxpayers have resentment against inactive benefit recipients because … characteristics decreases stigma. However, tagging is costly and imperfect. In this context, I show how the level of the per capita …
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and Dutch workers have relatively low working hours. Disability is high, particularly among young individuals. We discuss …
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There are two important problems in welfare benefit programs: the prevalence of welfare fraud, in which ineligible … coexistence of welfare fraud and incomplete take-up is unstable in the model of statistical discrimination view welfare stigma … the tax-payer resentment view welfare stigma suggested by Besley and Coate (1992). We find multiple stable equilibria in …
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The Paper examines the possible effects of introducing a large-scale welfare reform in Sweden, namely, the introduction of comprehensive welfare accounts. Under this policy, individuals make mandatory contributions to accounts, which they can top up with voluntary contributions. In return,...
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The basic function of taxes is the fiscal function, which consists in collecting revenue by public authorities. The imposition of non-fiscal functions on taxes causes the weakening of their basic function. The purpose of the article is to present tax exemptions, as well as to assess the fiscal...
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In comparing the impact of corporate taxation and social insurance on foreign direct investment (FDI) and unemployment, the paper derives four main results: (i) the optimal size of the welfare state depends on the degree of risk-aversion, the unemployment rate and the excess burden of labor...
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The paper compares the impact of corporate taxation and social insurance on foreign direct investment (FDI) and unemployment. Four main results are derived: (i) the optimal size of the welfare state depends on the degree of risk-aversion and the unemployment rate as a measure of labor income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264567
The paper examines the possible effects of introducing a large-scale welfare reform in Sweden, namely, the introduction of comprehensive welfare accounts. Under this policy, individuals make mandatory contributions to accounts, which they can top up with voluntary contributions. In return,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265550
The analysis provides a new explanation for two widespread problems concerning European unemployment policy: the disappointingly small effect of many past reform measures on unemployment, and the political difficulties in implementing more extensive reform programs. We argue that the heart of...
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