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Efficiency of screening and labor income inequality
Eckwert, Bernhard; Zilcha, Itzhak - In: Journal of public economic theory 10 (2008) 1, pp. 77-98
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The effect of better information on income inequality
Eckwert, Bernhard; Zilcha, Itzhak - 2003
which is used for updating beliefs. Thus, a better information system affects the distribution of human capital in each …) If the relative measure of risk aversion is less (more) than 1 then more information raises (reduces) income inequality …. (b) When a risk sharing market is available better information results in higher inequality regardsless of the measure …
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Risk Sharing in Defined-Contribution Funded Pension Systems
Beetsma, Roel M. W. J. - 2011
This paper explores the introduction of collective risk-sharing elements in defined contribution pension contracts. We consider status-contingent, age-contingent and asset contingent risk-sharing arrangements. All arrangements raise aggregate welfare, as measured by equivalent variations. While...
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Capital accumulation and fiscal policy in an OLG model with family altruism
Lambrecht, Stéphane; Michel, Philippe; Thibault, Emmanuel - In: Journal of public economic theory 8 (2006) 3, pp. 465-486
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Social security and risk sharing
Gottardi, Piero; Kubler, Felix - 2006
In this paper we identify conditions under which the introduction of a pay-as-you-go social security system is ex-ante Pareto-improving in a stochastic overlapping generations economy with capital accumulation and land. We argue that these conditions are consistent with many calibrations of the...
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Increasing returns, learning, and beneficial tax competition
Honkapohja, Seppo; Turunen-Red, Arja H. - In: Journal of public economic theory 9 (2007) 6, pp. 927-958
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Wealth heterogeneity and escape from the poverty-environment trap
Ikefuji, Masako; Horii, Ryo - In: Journal of public economic theory 9 (2007) 6, pp. 1041-1068
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On sustainable pay-as-you-go contribution rules
Demange, Gabrielle - In: Journal of public economic theory 11 (2009) 4, pp. 493-527
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Unequal longevities and lifestyles transmission
Ponthiere, Gregory - In: Journal of public economic theory 12 (2010) 1, pp. 93-126
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Coordinated punishment and the evolution of cooperation
Olcina Vauteren, Gonzalo; Calabuig, Vicente - In: Journal of public economic theory 17 (2015) 2, pp. 147-173
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