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Declining Fertility and Economic Well-Being : Do Education and Health Ride to the Rescue?

Prettner, Klaus - 2012

consumer optimization model that incorporates endogenous fertility as well as endogenous education and health investments. The … model shows that a fertility decline induces higher education and health investments that are able to compensate for …

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Multidimensional Measurement of Richness : Theory and an Application to Germany

Peichl, Andreas - 2010

considered as rich in a multidimensional setting. We use this framework to analyze the role of wealth, health and education, in … driven by health and to a lesser extent by wealth …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013146473

Tax-Benefit Systems in Europe and the US : Between Equity and Efficiency

Bargain, Olivier - 2011

approach to characterize the redistributive preferences embodied in the welfare systems of 17 EU countries and the US. Implicit …

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Fair and Efficient Taxation Under Partial Control : Theory and Evidence

Ooghe, Erwin - 2010

There is clear evidence that fairness plays a role in redistribution. Individuals want to compensate others for their misfortune, while they allow them to enjoy the fruits of their effort. Such fairness considerations have been introduced in political economy and optimal income tax models with a...

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Equality of Opportunity and Redistribution in Europe

Dunnzlaff, Lina - 2010

-Saxon countries. For Eastern Europe, our results are less definite. Looking at the impact of the tax and benefit schemes in the EU, it …

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Welfare, Labor Supply and Heterogeneous Preferences : Evidence for Europe and the US

Bargain, Olivier - 2011

Following the report of the Stiglitz Commission, measuring and comparing well-being across countries has gained renewed interest. Yet, analyses that go beyond income and incorporate non-market dimensions of welfare most often rely on the assumption of identical preferences to avoid the...

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The Effects of the Recent Economic Crisis on Social Protection and Labour Market Arrangements Across Socio-Economic Groups

Basso, Gaetano - 2011

The Great Recession did not only affect European countries to a varying extent, its impact on national labour markets and on specific socio-economic groups in those markets also varied greatly. Institutional arrangements such as employment protection, unemployment insurance benefits and minimum...

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Comparing Labor Supply Elasticities in Europe and the US : New Results

Bargain, Olivier - 2012

We suggest the first large-scale international comparison of labor supply elasticities for 17 European countries and the US, separately by gender and marital status. Measurement differences are netted out by using a harmonized empirical approach and comparable data sources. We find that own-wage...

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Fiscal Union in Europe? Redistributive and Stabilising Effects of an EU Tax-Benefit System

Bargain, Olivier - 2012

study the economic effects of introducing two elements of a fiscal union: Firstly, an EU-wide tax and transfer system and … secondly, an EU-wide system of fiscal equalisation. Using the European tax-benefit calculator EUROMOD, we exploit … countries. These effects depend on income levels and the structures of the existing national tax and transfer systems. The EU …

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Comparing Inequality Aversion Across Countries When Labor Supply Responses Differ

Bargain, Olivier - 2013

margins for 17 EU countries and the US. Using the same data, inequality aversion is measured as the degree of redistribution …

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