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Author: | Conde-Ruiz, J. I. Galasson, V. |
Title: | Positive arithmetic of the welfare state |
Journal: | Journal of Public Economics
2005 : JUN, VOL. 89:5-6, p. 933-955 |
Index terms: | Income distribution Inequality Social security |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | This article argues that social security enjoys the widest political support of all welfare programs. This is due to the fact that retirees constitute the most homogenous voting group, and the intragenerational redistribution component of social security induces young people with low income to support this system. |
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