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Pension benefit rules depend on individual history far more than taxes do, and age plays a much larger role in pension determination than in tax determination. Apart from some simulation studies, theoretical studies of optimal tax design typically contain neither a mandatory pension system nor...
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negative income tax in Germany, but current experiments are being conducted, in order to assess how successful incentives could … historical, political and economic context of Germany is evaluated for a possible earned income tax credit, and fledgling tax … credit experiments that are currently being conducted in Germany are discussed. A negative income tax is defined in this …
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particular transfer on poverty. The countries included in this study are Canada, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the …
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poverty for working-age households in Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States from the mid-1970s to … whole, the comparative evidence seems more consistent with the view of welfare state supporters. Germany, with its …
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comparable data from five countries - Sweden, Belgium, Germany, Norway and the U.S. - to ask whether immigrants benefit more from …
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decades in a comparative perspective. The countries included in the study are Canada, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and … vulnerable to cutbacks, particularly in Germany and Sweden. Although the curtailments in means-tested provisions in recent years … greatest in Sweden and the United Kingdom, followed by Germany, Canada and the United States. …
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Great strides have been made in reducing poverty amongst the elderly in most rich countries over the past forty years. But pensioner poverty has not been eradicated, especially in the English-speaking nations. Poverty rates amongst older women are much higher than those for older men and much...
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This paper examines variation in old-age income inequality between industrialized nations with modern welfare systems. The analysis of income inequality across countries with different retirement income systems provides a perspective on public pension policy choices and designs and their...
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