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Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel - 2019

This paper presents an analysis of the recent evolution of social assistance in the developing world, looking at its complex typological configuration, which has interlinked with, and partly reflects the complex demographic and epidemiological transitions and rapid urbanization and economic...

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Pensions, Education and Life Expectancy

Gorski, Michael (contributor); Krieger, Tim (contributor); … - 2007

intragenerational redistribution characteristics of the pension system in the sense of the number of net-recipients relative to net …

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The Aggregate Effects of Government Income Transfer Shocks - EU Evidence

Párraga Rodríguez, Susana - 2016

This paper estimates the aggregate effect of government income transfer shocks for a sample of EU countries. The new measure of transfer shocks builds on a dataset by public finance experts of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). The identification strategy consists of a narrative...

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The scope for progressive tax reform in the OECD countries : a macroeconomic perspective with a case study for Germany

Godar, Sarah; Paetz, Christoph; Truger, Achim - 2015

taxation. Furthermore, from a Keynesian macroeconomic perspective redistribution may even be systematically conducive to growth … and employment. At the same time a change towards such a policy of redistribution may for some economies, particularly the … erhebliche Spielräume für steuerpolitische Umverteilung gibt. Zudem kann Umverteilung aus einer keynesianischen makroökonomischen …

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The Affordable Care Act and Disability Insurance

Li, Yue - 2015

This paper develops a general equilibrium model that features the decisions of health care consumption, health insurance take-up, Disability Insurance (DI) claims to evaluate the long-term effects of health care reforms. The model suggests that the combination of insurance subsidies, an...

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