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On the Political Economy of Social Security and Public Education
Poutvaara, Panu - 2004
This paper analyzes simultaneous voting on the wage tax rate and investment in public education with three overlapping … benefits. The presence of productivity differences introduces a time-consistency problem with repeated voting. This can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262150
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The expansion of higher education and time-consistent taxation
Poutvaara, Panu - 2007
This paper analyzes educational choices and political support for subsidies to higher education in the presence of a time-consistency problem in income redistribution. There may be political support for so generous subsidization that it motivates the median voter to obtain higher education. As a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268465
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Immigration and Electoral Support for the Far Left and the Far Right
Edo, Anthony; Giesing, Yvonne; Öztunc, Jonathan; … - 2017
several other Western countries. We estimate the impact of immigration on voting for far-left and far-right parties in France … no robust effect on far-left voting. The increased support for far-right candidates is driven by low-skilled immigrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011815666
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Immigration and Electoral Support for the Far-Left and the Far-Right
Edo, Anthony; Giesing, Yvonne; Öztunc, Jonathan; … - 2018
several other Western countries. We estimate the impact of immigration on voting for far-left and far-right candidates in … no robust effect on far-left voting. The increased support for far-right candidates is driven by low educated immigrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011815811
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Immigrant Narratives
Gehring, Kai; Adema, Joop; Poutvaara, Panu - 2022
Immigration is one of the most divisive political issues in many countries today. Competing narratives, circulated via the media, are crucial in shaping how immigrants' role in society is perceived. We propose a new method combining advanced natural language processing tools with dictionaries to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470285
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The Expansion of Higher Education and Time-Consistent Taxation
Poutvaara, Panu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper analyzes educational choices and political support for subsidies to higher education in the presence of a time-consistency problem in income redistribution. There may be political support for so generous subsidization that it motivates the median voter to obtain higher education. As a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762314
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On the Political Economy of Social Security and Public Education
Poutvaara, Panu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper analyzes simultaneous voting on the wage tax rate and investment in public education with three overlapping … benefits. The presence of productivity differences introduces a time-consistency problem with repeated voting. This can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566694
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On the Political Economy of Social Security and Public Education
Poutvaara, Panu - EconWPA - 2003
I analyze simultaneous voting on the wage tax rate and investment in public education using a model with three … benefits. I derive the results both for a once-and-for-all voting system with commitment and for repeated voting. My model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125919
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On the political economy of social security and public education
Poutvaara, Panu - In: Journal of Population Economics 19 (2006) 2, pp. 345-365
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005395963
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Expansion of Higher Education and Time-Consistent Taxation
Poutvaara, Panu - CESifo - 2007
This paper analyzes educational choices and political support for subsidies to higher education in the presence of a time-consistency problem in income redistribution. There may be political support for so generous subsidization that it motivates the median voter to obtain higher education. As a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094334