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On the political economy of social security and public education
Poutvaara, Panu - 2001
This paper proposes and analyzes a model of a European economy with three overlapping generations, redistributive social security, and public universities without tuition. Individuals differ ex ante. The effect of wage tax rate on occupational choice and the voting equilibrium of wage tax rate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398016
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The politics of aging and retirement : evidence from Swiss referenda
Bello, Piera; Galasso, Vincenzo - 2018
advocated policy response is to increase retirement age. Ironically, however, the political support for this policy may actually …) from pension reforms referenda, we show in fact that individuals close to retirement tend to oppose policies that postpone … retirement, whereas young and elderly individuals are more favorable. The current process of population aging, and the associated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011882293
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Wind of change? : experimental survey evidence on the COVID-19 shock and socio-political attitudes in Europe
Daniele, Gianmarco; Martinangeli, Andrea F. M.; … - 2020
This paper investigates whether the COVID-19 crisis has affected the way we think about (political) institutions, as well as our broader (policy) attitudes and values. We fielded large online survey experiments in Italy, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands, well into the first wave of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012263741
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The Electoral Politics of Subsidized Medical Technology
Batinti, Alberto - 2016
Technological advance has been a primary driver of healthcare expenditures in the twentieth century and continues to be so. This paper models the electoral politics of government support for R&D. A forward-looking median voter has to take account of a wide variety of interdependencies even in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012983204
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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 generations and productivity differences inside each cohort. Wage tax revenue finances public education and social security benefits. The presence of productivity differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262150
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On the Political Economy of Social Security and Public Education
Poutvaara, Panu - 2021
This paper analyzes simultaneous voting on the wage tax rate and investment in public education with three overlapping generations and productivity differences inside each cohort. Wage tax revenue finances public education and social security benefits. The presence of productivity differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321047
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Lessons for an Aging Society : The Political Sustainability of Social Security Systems
Galasso, Vincenzo; Profeta, Paola - 2004
deliver a strong policy implication: an increase in the effective retirement age always decreases the size of the system …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014074711
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Demographics and the Political Sustainability of Pay-as-You-Go Social Security
Bergstrom, Theodore C.; Hartman, John - 2021
the retirement age …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318775
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Knowledge is power: A theory of information, income, and welfare spending
Lind, Jo Thori; Rhoner, Dominic - 2011
No voters cast their votes based on perfect information, but better educated and richer voters are on average better informed than others. We develop a model where the voting mistakes resulting from low political knowledge reduce the weight of poor voters, and cause parties to choose political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330258
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Knowledge is power: A theory of information, income, and welfare spending
Lind, Jo Thori; Rohner, Dominic - 2011
No voters cast their votes based on perfect information, but better educated and richer voters are on average better informed than others. We develop a model where the voting mistakes resulting from low political knowledge reduce the weight of poor voters, and cause parties to choose political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316941