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Political budget cycles and social security budget increases in the Republic of Ireland, 1923-2005
Cousins, Mel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper examines social security increases in Ireland as a case study of the existence of political budget cycles in European countries. Ireland is an appropriate country to examine, first because it has a system of proportional representation and some studies suggest that proportional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836759
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Taxes, Transfers and the Distribution of Employment in Mexico
Alonso Ortiz, Jorge; Leal Ordóñez, Julio C. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
in the progressivity of taxes and transfers (pending). Our model is able to capture key features of Mexican labor markets … countries. In this paper we study the interaction between the tax and transfers system and the size and composition of informal … distribution of the transfers between formal and informal sector workers, changes in the size of the transfer system, and changes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151618
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Modeling an Immigration Shock
Boldrin, Michele; Montes, Ana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
In this paper, we model an overlapping generation economy affected by an unexpected immigration shock and determine how households would insure themselves against "immigration risks" efficiently. We use the model to study the impact of immigration on (i) the welfare of various generations, (ii)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113555
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Toereikendheid van het pensioen en budgettaire kosten van de vergrijzing - evaluatie van beleidsmaatregelen en van alternatieve scenario’s/Adéquation des pensions et coût budgétair...
de Vil, Greet; Dekkers, gijs; Desmet, Raphaël; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Since the early 90's, the Federal Planning Bureau assesses the sustainability of pensions in Belgium. Since a couple of years, it uses a dynamic microsimulation model, MIDAS_BE, to assess the development of the adequacy of pensions. This working paper illustrates the possibilities generated by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008855800
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Economic growth and welfare state: a debate of econometrics
DING, HONG - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This study uses a two-way fixed effect model for panel data of all OECD nations, which includes most of the determinants of growth in previous empirical growth studies for either cross section or panel data as control variables and carefully checks possible endogeneity of the key variables of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110543
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Evaluating the possible impact of pension reforms on future living standards in Europe
Grech, Aaron George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
estimates of pension wealth for a number of hypothetical cases. By focusing on all prospective pension transfers rather than … and of lower-income individuals change substantially over the coming decades, state pension transfers will prove … been safeguarded by pension reforms, or improved in some cases, these transfers generally remain inadequate to maintain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259058
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Evaluating the possible impact of pension reforms on elderly poverty in Europe
Grech, Aaron George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
hypothetical cases. By focusing on all prospective pension transfers rather than just those at the point of retirement, this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110080
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Recuperando la Solidaridad en el Sistema Peruano de Pensiones. Una Propuesta de Reforma
Olivera, Javier - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
We propose to create a multi-pillar system by merging the public and private pension systems. In this system, part of the worker’s contribution goes to a “solidarity fund” and the remaining is accrued in his individual capitalization account. This fund will finance a targeted minimum...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112125
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The Impact of Social Security on Household Welfare: Evidence from a Transition Country
Nguyen Viet, Cuong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
for different situations. This paper uses fixed-effects regression to estimate the effects of social security transfers … investigates the impact of the social security transfers on poverty in Vietnam. It is found that both pensions and social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112926
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Assessing the sustainability of pension reforms in Europe
Grech, Aaron George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
transfers rather than those at retirement and by looking into the interaction between entitlements and labour participation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257759