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The politics of redistributive social insurance

HINDRIKS, Jean; DE DONDER, Philippe - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2001

This paper analyses the political support for a social insurance that includes elements of redistribution when there …, regardless of the degree of redistribution of social insurance and the joint distribution of risk and income in the population …

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Strategic inter-regional transfers

HINDRIKS, Jean; MYLES, Gareth D. - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2001

In this paper we derive the equilibrium level of redistribution from one mobile factor (say, the rich or capital) to …

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Policy-oriented parties and the choice between social and private insurance

DE DONDER, Philippe; HINDRIKS, Jean - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2003

We study the political economy of social insurance in a world where individuals differ in both income and risk. Social insurance is financed through distortionary taxation and redistributes across income and risk. Individuals vote on social insurance which they can complement with insurance...

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