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Balestrino, Alessandro - CESifo - 2012

This paper studies the design of indirect redistributive taxation and of corrective taxation, as well as the formation of equilibrium indirect tax policies via a political process, in the presence of status goods, allowing for the possibility that illegal copies of those goods may be purchased...

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The Efficient Side of Progressive Income Taxation

Corneo, Giacomo - CESifo - 2000

This paper examines the allocative implications of progressive income taxation when individuals care about their relative income. It shows that tax progressivity might improve efficiency, and the more so in egalitarian economies. Introducing a progressive income tax can yield a Pareto...

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Education and Health: The Role of Cognitive Ability

Bijwaard, Govert; Kippersluis, Hans van; Veenman, Justus - CESifo - 2013

We aim to disentangle the relative contributions of (i) cognitive ability, and (ii) education on health and mortality … measures of cognitive ability and family background at age 12. The data are subsequently linked to the mortality register 1995 …-2011, such that we observe mortality between ages 55 and 75. The results suggest that the treatment effect of education (i.e. the …

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Compulsory Schooling Reforms, Education and Mortality in Twentieth Century Europe

Gathmann, Christina; Jürges, Hendrik; Reinhold, Steffen - CESifo - 2012

example, report contradictory effects of education and compulsory schooling on mortality - ranging from zero to large … mortality reductions. Using data from 19 compulsory schooling reforms implemented in Europe during the twentieth century, we … quantify the mean mortality effect and explore its dispersion across gender, time and countries. We find that men benefit from …

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Fertility, Mortality, and the Developed World’s Demographic Transition

Fehr, Hans; Jokisch, Sabine; Kotlikoff, Laurence - CESifo - 2004

changes in fertility and mortality on the developed world’s demographic transition. The model features three regions – the U ….S., Japan, and the EU-15 – and incorporates age- and time-specific fertility and mortality rates, detailed fiscal institutions … economic consequences of both higher fertility and lower mortality rates. The simulations indicate very minor effects on the …

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Morbidity, Mortality, Health Expenditures and Annuitization

Tang, Kam Ki; Zhang, Jie - CESifo - 2007

In this paper we explore the implication of a morbidity risk for the relationship between longevity and annuitization. We divide old-age life into two periods with uncertain survival from the end of the first to the end of the second. We show that a rise in the survival rate causes different...

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On the Policy Implications of Changing Longevity

Pestieau, Pierre; Ponthiere, Grégory - CESifo - 2012

Our societies are witnessing a steady increase in longevity. This demographic evolution is accompanied by some convergence across countries, whereas substantial longevity inequalities persist within nations. The goal of this paper is to survey some crucial implications of changing longevity on...

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