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Closing the gender gap in pensions. A microsimulation analysis of the Norwegian NDC pension system
Halvorsen, Elin; Pedersen, Axel West - 2017
/widowers to inherit pension rights from a deceased spouse, a targeted guarantee pensions with higher benefit rates to single … pensions and on inequality in the distribution of pension income within a cohort of pensioners. …
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Optimal indirect taxation and the uniformity debate: A review of theoretical results and empirical contributions
Nygård, Odd E.; Revesz, John T. - 2015
A review of the theoretical literature on optimal indirect taxation reveals that analytical arguments in favor of uniform indirect taxation seem weak and rather unrealistic; hence determining the optimal tax structure remains an empirical issue. However, reviewing the empirical contributions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011968579
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The efficient combination of taxes on fuel and vehicles
Bjertnæs, Geir H. M. - 2017
A tax on fuel combined with tax-exemptions or subsidies for purchase of fuel-efficient vehicles is implemented in many …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011968637
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Optimal carbon taxes and foreign aid
Bjertnæs, Geir H. M. - 2024
This article explores whether altruistic preferences toward households in poor high-temperature countries stimulate global warming policies within rich low-temperature countries that avoids damage from global warming. The article analyzes optimal carbon taxes on commodities within such rich...
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Taxation of fuel and vehicles when emissions are constrained
Bjertnæs, Geir H. M. - 2021
A tax on fuel combined with tax exemptions or subsidies for fuel-efficient vehicles is implemented in many countries to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801097
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Efficient taxation of fuel and road use
Bjertnæs, Geir H. M. - 2019
This study calculates efficient taxes on fuel and road use designed to combat driving related externalities. The study shows that the efficient road user charge on fuel is below the marginal mileage-related damage to prevent tax avoidance due to an excessive economic driving-style. The current...
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Life expectancy and claiming behavior in a flexible pension system
Fredriksen, Dennis; Brinch, Christian N.; Vestad, Ola L. - 2017
We study the relationship between early claiming of pensions and incentives in the highly flexible Norwegian public … modest. Based on analyses exploiting only variation in expected pensions generated by variation in parental longevities and … only claiming of pensions not in conjunction with retirement, we conclude that part of the selection is active: Some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011968629
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Effects of demographic development, labour supply and pension reforms on the future pension burden
Fredriksen, Dennis; Stølen, Nils Martin - 2005
A much higher old-age dependency ratio together with more generous pension benefits will lead to a substantial increase in the future pension burden in Norway. The challenges of financing the increasing pension expenditures depend on the development in demographic characteristics like fertility,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011968188
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Equity versus Efficiency in Public Pension Schemes. Microsimulating the Trade-off
Stensnes, Kyrre - 2007
created by increasing the actuarial component of pensions may come at the cost of increased inequality in pension benefits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011968285
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Pension Reform in Norway. Microsimulating effects on government expenditures, labour supply incentives and benefit distribution
Stensnes, Kyrre; Stølen, Nils Martin - 2007
A much higher old-age dependency ratio, together with more generous pension benefits, will lead to a substantial increase in the future public pension expenditures burden in Norway. A pension reform implemented from 2010 will imply a shift to a quasi-actuarial system, seeking to neutralise the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011968294