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To Draft or Not to Draft? Efficiency, Generational Incidence, and Political Economy of Military Conscription

Poutvaara, Panu; Wagener, Andreas - 2005

We study the efficiency and distributional consequences of establishing and abolishing the draft in a dynamic model with overlapping generations, taking into account endogenous human capital formation as well as government budget constraints. The introduction of the draft initially benefits the...

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Social security incentives, human capital investment and mobility of labor

Poutvaara, Panu - 2005

country with flat-rate benefits may reduce their investment in education. With suitably planned transfers between the two …

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Social security incentives and human capital investment

Igel Lau, Morten; Poutvaara, Panu - 2001

While the effect of social security systems on retirement decisions has received much attention, the impact of these systems on individuals incentives to invest in their human capital has not been analyzed. We integrate human capital investment and retirement decisions in a simple analytical...

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Gerontocracy revisited : unilateral transfer to the young may benefit the middle-aged

Poutvaara, Panu - 2001

-aged owning land may gain by providing public education even when they cannot tax the young. This requires that labor is not … mobile. Furthermore, establishing public education may benefit only the generation which pays for education twice, first for …

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To draft or not to draft? : Efficiency, generational incidence, and political economy of military conscription

Poutvaara, Panu; Wagener, Andreas - 2005

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Pareto-improving bequest taxation

Grossmann, Volker; Poutvaara, Panu - 2005

Altruistic parents may transfer resources to their offspring by providing education, and by leaving bequests. We show … with only intended bequests, by enhancing incentives of parents to invest in their children's education. This result holds …

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