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Actuarial neutrality and financial incentives for early retirement in the Austrian pension system

Christl, Michael; Kucsera, Dénes - 2016

This paper studies actuarial neutrality in the Austrian pension system. It is often argued that actuarial neutrality constitutes an incentive for people to retire. We show that there are almost no financial incentives within the Austrian pension corridor when we use the traditional definition of...

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Growth of public consumption in Austria : testing Wagner's law and Baumol's cost disease

Köppl-Turyna, Monika; Kucsera, Dénes; Neck, Reinhard - 2017

In this paper, we analyze the development of public consumption expenditure in Austria starting in the 1940s. We focus …

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Redistribution within the tax-benefit system in Austria

Christl, Michael; Köppl-Turyna, Monika; Lorenz, Hanno; … - 2020

The aim of this study is to analyze redistribution within the Austrian tax-benefit system. In this work we take a comprehensive view and include not only direct taxation and cash benefits, but also indirect taxes and in-kind transfers. We look at two kinds of redistribution: between the...

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COVID-19 and (gender) inequality in income : the impact of discretionary policy measures in Austria

Christl, Michael; De Poli, Silvia; Kucsera, Dénes; … - 2021

This paper analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on household income in Austria, using detailed administrative … modeled. We find that discretionary fiscal policy measures in Austria are key to counteracting the inequality- and poverty … and females. By comparison, males profit mainly from short-time work scheme, while females profit especially from other …

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