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Integrating Social Insurance and Social Assistance Programs for the Future World of Labor
Palacios, Robert; Robalino, David A. - 2020
savings) and the redistributive function (transfers) of the social protection system in order to expand coverage, improve …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269936
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Value-added Tax versus Social Security Contributions
Goerke, Laszlo - 1999
In order to alleviate unemployment it is often recommended to reduce social security contributions (SSC) and to compensate for the ensuing loss in revenues by a rise in the value-added tax (VAT). Assuming unemployment to be caused by efficiency wages, it is shown that a balanced-budget shift...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262282
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Generational accounting, solidarity and pension losses
Teulings, Coen N.; de Vries, Casper G. - 2003
resolved by the introduction of generational accounts. Using modern portfolio and consumption planning theory we show that the … smoothly over lifetime consumption. When stock markets are depressed equity should be bought, savings and consumption should be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261654
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Do Mandatory Pensions Decrease Household Savings? Evidence for the Netherlands
Euwals, Rob - 2000
income. The goal of this paper is to test for the effect of mandatory pensions on discretionary household savings. The data … are drawn from the CentER Savings Survey, which consists of a representative and a highest-income-decile sample of Dutch … households. The survey contains rich information on house-hold wealth, pension rights and savings attitudes. A result of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262338
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The Farm, the City, and the Emergence of Social Security
Caucutt, Elizabeth M.; Cooley, Thomas F.; Guner, Nezih - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
In this paper we study the social, demographic and economic origins of social security. The data for the U.S. and for a cross section of countries make it clear that urbanization and industrialization are strongly associated with the rise of social insurance. We describe a model economy in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822856
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Old-Age Government Transfers and the Crowding Out of Private Gifts: The 70 and Above Program for the Rural Elderly in Mexico
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Juarez, Laura - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We estimate the crowding out of private transfers caused by 70 y Más – a public assistance program for the rural elderly in Mexico for whom family support is an important source of income. Using data from the Mexican Income and Expenditure Survey and a triple difference approach, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884353
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Old-Age Government Transfers and the Crowding Out of Private Gifts: The 70 and Above Program for the Rural Elderly in Mexico
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Juarez, Laura - 2013
We estimate the crowding out of private transfers caused by 70 y Más - a public assistance program for the rural elderly in Mexico for whom family support is an important source of income. Using data from the Mexican Income and Expenditure Survey and a triple difference approach, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328928
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Value-added Tax versus Social Security Contributions
Goerke, Laszlo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999
In order to alleviate unemployment it is often recommended to reduce social security contributions (SSC) and to compensate for the ensuing loss in revenues by a rise in the value-added tax (VAT). Assuming unemployment to be caused by efficiency wages, it is shown that a balanced-budget shift...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703514
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How Do Low-Income Enrollees in the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces Respond to Cost-Sharing?
Lavetti, Kurt; DeLeire, Thomas; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2019
The ACA requires insurers to provide cost-sharing reductions (CSRs) to low-income consumers on the marketplaces. We link 2013-2015 All-Payer Claims Data to 2004-2013 administrative hospital discharge data from Utah and exploit policy-driven differences in the value of CSRs that are solely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012179924
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Who Wins? Evaluating the Impact of UK Public Sector Pension Scheme Reforms
Danzer, Alexander M.; Dolton, Peter; Rosazza Bondibene, … - 2016
Radical changes have been implemented to pension schemes across the UK public sector from April 2015. This paper simulates how these changes will affect the lifetime pension and how the negotiated pension changes compare across six public sector schemes by level of education. Specifically, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011494308