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Pareto-Improving Bequest Taxation
Grossmann, Volker; Poutvaara, Panu - CESifo - 2005
Altruistic parents may transfer resources to their offspring by providing education, and by leaving bequests. We show … with only intended bequests, by enhancing incentives of parents to invest in their children’s education. This result holds …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766188
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How to Deal with Covert Child Labour, and Give Children an Effective Education, in a Poor Developing Country: An Optimal Taxation Problem with Moral Hazard
Cigno, Alessandro - CESifo - 2010
work a child does, are private information, the second-best policy uses a combination of need and merit based education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596586
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Pareto-Improving Bequest Taxation
Grossmann, Volker; Poutvaara, Panu - 2021
Altruistic parents may transfer resources to their offspring by providing education, and by leaving bequests. We show … with only intended bequests, by enhancing incentives of parents to invest in their children's education. This result holds …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318327
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Subsidizing Health-Conscious Behavior Now or Later
Danilowicz-Gösele, Kamila; Schwager, Robert - 2021
In a model where consumers have quasi-hyperbolic preferences, we compare immediate subsidies paid for health …-conscious consumption and future subsidies rewarding good health outcome. We characterize the subsidy rates which implement the unbiased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315510
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Long Term Care Partnerships : Are They 'Fit for Purpose'?
Bergquist, Savannah - 2015
The risk of high costs of long-term care services and supports (LTSS) is one of the largest uninsured risks for American families and a major challenge to the sustainability of Medicaid. To address the latter, the so-called long-term care partnership (LTCP) program was designed to encourage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013029508
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Long Term Care Partnerships: Are they 'Fit for Purpose'?
Bergquist, Savannah; Costa-i-Font, Joan; Swartz, Katherine - CESifo - 2015
The risk of high costs of long-term care services and supports (LTSS) is one of the largest uninsured risks for American families and a major challenge to the sustainability of Medicaid. To address the latter, the long-term care partnership (LTCP) program was an initiative designed to encourage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011120470
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Competition and Quality in Regulated Markets with Sluggish Demand
Brekke, Kurt Richard - 2010
We investigate the effect of competition on quality in regulated markets (e.g., health care, higher education, public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013148292
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Competition and Quality in Regulated Markets with Sluggish Demand
Brekke, Kurt R.; Cellini, Roberto; Siciliani, Luigi; … - CESifo - 2010
We investigate the effect of competition on quality in regulated markets (e.g., health care, higher education, public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008572490
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How to Deal with Covert Child Labour, and Give Children an Effective Education, in a Poor Developing Country : An Optimal Taxation Problem with Moral Hazard
Cigno, Alessandro - 2010
work a child does, are private information, the second-best policy uses a combination of need and merit based education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013142234
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Health, Wealth and Inequality : A Contribution to the Debate About the Relationship between Inequality and Health
Carson, Scott A. - 2021
The relationship between material inequality and health is the subject of considerable debate, and may depend on how … the relationship is defined. This paper uses stature as its measure for cumulative health outcomes to illustrate that the … 19th century relationship between material inequality and health was negative; greater average state wealth was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316555