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Social Security and Welfare Spending in Australia : Assessing Long-Term Trends
Whiteford, Peter - 2021
This Policy Brief summarizes trends in spending on social security cash transfers and services in Australia since 1980; examines trends in the proportion of the population receiving different social security payments and compares Australian social security spending with other OECD countries
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Targeting of social transfers : are India's elderly poor left behind?
Asri, Viola - 2017
Whether social transfers should be targeted or universal is an unsolved debate that is particularly relevant for the implementation of social protection schemes in developing countries. While the limited availability of public resources encourages targeting, the difficulty in identifying the...
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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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Redistributive effects of the US pension system among individuals with different life expectancy
Sanchez-Romero, Miguel; Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, Alexia - 2017
We investigate the differential impact that pension systems have on the labor supply and the accumulation of physical and human capital for individuals that differ by their learning ability and levels of life expectancy. Our analysis is calibrated to the US economy using a general equilibrium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011625626
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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, Ron; Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, … - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012099190
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The impact of reducing the pension generosity on inequality and schooling
Sanchez-Romero, Miguel; Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, Alexia - 2019
inequality. We develop an overlapping generations model in which individuals differ by their life expectancy and in the cost of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142180
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The impact of reducing the pension generosity on inequality and schooling
Sanchez-Romero, Miguel; Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, Alexia - 2019
inequality. We develop an overlapping generations model in which individuals differ by their life expectancy and in the cost of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012126117
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Redistributive effects of the US pension system among individuals with different life expectancy
Sanchez-Romero, Miguel; Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, Alexia - 2017
We investigate the differential impact that pension systems have on the labor supply and the accumulation of physical and human capital for individuals that differ by their learning ability and levels of life expectancy. Our analysis is calibrated to the US economy using a general equilibrium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011620616
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Chapter 10 Taxation
Kaplow, Louis - In: Handbook of law and economics : volume 1, (pp. 647-755). 2007
This Handbook entry presents a conceptual, normative overview of the subject of taxation. It emphasizes the relationships among the main functions of taxation—notably, raising revenue, redistributing income, and correcting externalities—and the mapping between these functions and various...
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Social security and inequality in Belgium
Klinges, Giulia; Jousten, Alain; Lefebvre, Mathieu - 2024
older worker labor force participation. The paper explores the effect of past reforms on inequality in old age. We … distinguish two separate effects: The mechanical effect considers the change in inequality and expected benefit levels due to the … the lowest income quintile. Behavioral changes had a positive but orders of magnitude smaller effect. Overall, inequality …
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