Arbeitspapier
Why are more redistributive social security systems smaller? A median voter approach
We suggest a political economy explanation for the stylized fact that intragenerationally more redistributive social security systems are smaller. We relate the stylized fact to an efficiency-redistribution trade-off to be resolved by political process. The inefficiency of social security financing is due to endogenous labor supply. Using data on eight European countries, we find that the stylized fact and a considerable degree of cross-country variation in contribution rates can be explained by the median voter model.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 1831
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Social Security and Public Pensions
Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- Thema
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earnings-related and flat-rate benefits
applied political economy
public pensions
labour supply
Sozialversicherung
Soziale Sicherung
Einkommensumverteilung
Sozialversicherungsbeitrag
Umlageverfahren
Median Voter
Schätzung
EU-Staaten
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Köthenbürger, Marko
Poutvaara, Panu
Profeta, Paola
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2005
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Köthenbürger, Marko
- Poutvaara, Panu
- Profeta, Paola
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2005
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