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Means testing and Social Security in the United States
Bagchi, Shantanu - In: International studies of economics 19 (2024) 1, pp. 68-91
This paper uses a heterogeneous-agent overlapping-generations model to examine the fiscal and distributional consequences of introducing a means test in US Social Security. I find that a means test, that is, conditioning benefit payments on a household's earnings or assets, leads to a higher...
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The Role of Social Security in Household Decisions : VAR Estimates of Saving and Fertility Behaviour in Germany
Cigno, Alessandro; Casolaro, Luca; Rosati, Furio C. - 2021
Estimating saving and fertility simultaneously by the VAR method, we find that social security cover has a positive … effect on household saving, and a negative effect on fertility. In Germany, as in other countries where the hypothesis was … saving in the form of pension contributions tends to displace intra-family transfers, rather than asset formation. However …
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Intergenerational Altruism and Retirement Transfers : Evidence from the Social Security Notch
Mukherjee, Anita - 2020
I contribute new evidence on altruistic preferences in intergenerational transfers using variation in Social Security benefits induced by an inflation-indexing mistake. The instrument is most relevant for those with low education, so I focus on this group. I find support for pure altruism...
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Jointly determined saving and fertility behaviour : theory, and estimates for Germany, Italy, UK and USA
Cigno, Alessandro - In: European economic review : EER 40 (1996) 8, pp. 1561-1589
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Does the selfish life-cycle model apply in the case of Japan?
Horioka, Charles - 2020
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Does the selfish life-cycle model apply in the case of Japan?
Horioka, Charles - 2020
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Redistributive effects of different pension structures when longevity varies by socioeconomic status in a general equilibrium setting
Sanchez-Romero, Miguel; Lee, Ronald Demos; … - 2019
Differences in life expectancy between high and low socioeconomic groups are often large and have widened recently in many countries. Such longevity gaps affect the actuarial fairness and progressivity of public pension systems. However, behavioral responses to longevity and policy complicate...
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Is the selfish life-cycle model more applicable in Japan and, if so, why? : a literature survey
Horioka, Charles - 2020
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Is the selfish life-cycle model more applicable in Japan and, if so, why? : a literature survey
Horioka, Charles - 2020
version of the selfish life-cycle model and then survey the literature on household saving and bequest behavior in Japan in …
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Is the selfish life-cycle model more applicable in Japan and, if so, why? : a literature survey
Horioka, Charles - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012316541