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Is there a political support for the double burden on prolonged activity?

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  • CASAMATTA, Georges
  • CREMER, Helmuth
  • PESTIEAU, Pierre

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In many countries elderly workers are subject to a double distortion when they consider prolonging their activity: the payroll tax and a reduction in their pension rights. It is often argued that such a double burden would not be socially desirable. We consider a setting where it would be rejected by both a utilitarian and a Rawlsian social planner. Furthermore, each individual would also reject it as a citizen candidate. We show that the double burden may nevertheless be (second-best) Pareto efficient and can be supported by a particular structure of social weights biased towards the more productive workers.
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  • CASAMATTA, Georges & CREMER, Helmuth & PESTIEAU, Pierre, 2006. "Is there a political support for the double burden on prolonged activity?," LIDAM Reprints CORE 1865, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
    • Handle: RePEc:cor:louvrp:1865
    DOI: 10.1007/s10101-005-0001-9
    Note: In : Economics of Governance, 7, 143-154, 2006.
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    6. Ryo Arawatari & Tetsuo Ono, 2010. "Retirement and Social Security: A Political Economy Perspective," Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 10-04-Rev, Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics.
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    8. Pascal Belan & Pierre-Jean Messe & François-Charles Wolff, 2010. "Postponing retirement age and labor force participation: the role of family transfers," Recherches économiques de Louvain, De Boeck Université, vol. 76(4), pages 347-370.

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    JEL classification:

    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions

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