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Fertility and pension systems
Rizzo, Giuseppe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In the last century, state pension systems have been introduced in most countries, and since then their size has been significantly increasing. A broad literature has studied this phenomenon, developing models that explain why pension systems exist and have been continuously expanding. At the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622100
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Migration, Social Security, and Economic Growth
Chen, Hung-Ju; Fang, I-Hsiang - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
international migration. Fertility is endogenized so that immigrants and natives can have different fertility rates. Fertility is an … replacement ratio) is high enough, the growth rate of GDP per worker for an economy with international migration will be higher … than for a closed economy. Regarding migration policies, our numerical results indicate that economic growth rate of GDP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009004215
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Taxation and political stability
Mutascu, Mihai; Tiwari, Aviral; Estrada, Fernando - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The present study is, in particular, an attempt to test the relationship between tax level and political stability by using some economic control variables and to see the relationship among government effectiveness, corruption, and GDP. For the purpose, we used the GMM (1991) and GMM system...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650683
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The daily battles of Antonio de Viti de Marco
Mosca, Manuela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Abstract: This paper analyses the economist Antonio de Viti de Marco’s collaboration with the daily press, in relation to his scientific work and in the context of early twentieth century Italy. It brings out De Viti’s proposals for free trade and fiscal policies intended to support the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258183
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A Single-Mindedness model with n generations
Emanuele, Canegrati - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In this paper I will analyse the redistribution of income amongst n generations using the Single-mindedness Theory. I will introduce a new expression for the balanced-budget constraint, no longer based on lump- sum transfers as in the traditional literature, but rather on more realistic labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835397
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Veto Power and Wealth: Analysis of the Development of the Swiss Old Age Security
Zenker, Christina G. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Switzerland was one of the last OECD-countries to introduce a program for old age security – the AHV. For many decades, expenditures both in absolute terms and as a portion of GDP remained low in OECD comparison. In the 1970ies however, expenditures exploded – within 10 years, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005108465
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On redistribution effects of public debt amongst single-minded generations
Canegrati, Emanuele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In this paper I will introduce a new political economy model, where there exists a competition amongst two political candidates, which aim to set a policy which enables them to win elections, max- imising the probability of winning. I will show that, if taxes neces- sary to repay the debt are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616677
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Die Arbeitslosenversicherung in Deutschland – Beitrag zur Bekämpfung oder Ursache von Arbeitslosigkeit
Breiding, Torsten - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Abstract German (English abstract is added below) Arbeitslosigkeit gilt als eines der schwerwiegendsten gesellschaftlichen Probleme unserer Zeit. Doch welche Gründe liegen, trotz der über die Jahre eingeleiteten Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung der Arbeitslosigkeit, für die anhaltende...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008622251
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The single-mindedness of labor unions when transfers are not Lump-Sum
canegrati, emanuele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In this paper I analyse a labour market where the wage is endogenously determined according to an Efficient Bargaining process between a firm and a labour union whose members are partitioned into two social groups: the old and the young. Furthermore, I exploit the Single-Mindedness theory, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789327
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“Better Safe than Sorry” - Individual Risk-free Pension Schemes in the European Union - Macroeconomic Benefits, the Mobile Working Citizen’s Perspective and Why Nots
Peeters, Marga - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Variations between the diverse pension systems in the member states of the European Union hamper labour market mobility, across country borders but also within the countries of the European Union. From a macroeconomic perspective, and in the light of demographic pressure, this paper argues that...
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