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Voting on Social Security: The Family as Decision-Making Unit

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  • Breyer, Friedrich
  • Graf v d Schulenburg, J-Matthias

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Pay-as-you-go financed social security systems imply transfers of life time income not only among generational cohorts, but also between fam ilies of different size and generational composition. Whereas previou s models of voting on social security in democratic societies focusse d on the first type of transfer and assumed homogeneity of interests within each generation, the authors treat the family as the relevant decision-making unit. It is analyzed how the results of majority voti ng on mandatory public pension and sickness funds depend on time pref erence, the overall rate of population growth, and the distribution o f children across families. Copyright 1987 by WWZ and Helbing & Lichtenhahn Verlag AG

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  • Breyer, Friedrich & Graf v d Schulenburg, J-Matthias, 1987. "Voting on Social Security: The Family as Decision-Making Unit," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(4), pages 529-547.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:kyklos:v:40:y:1987:i:4:p:529-47
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    1. Friedrich Breyer, 2001. "Why Funding Is not a Solution to the "Social Security Crisis"," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 254, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    2. Kai A. Konrad & Gert Wagner, 2000. "Reform of the Public Pension System in Germany," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 200, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    3. Kai A. Konrad & Wolfram F. Richter, 2005. "Zur Berücksichtigung von Kindern bei umlagefinanzierter Alterssicherung," Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, Verein für Socialpolitik, vol. 6(1), pages 115-130, February.
    4. Kruse, Agneta & Nyberg, Kristian, 2004. "Pensions and external effects of ageing; effects on distribution," Working Papers 2004:27, Lund University, Department of Economics.
    5. Hayo, Bernd & Ono, Hiroyuki, 2010. "Comparing public attitudes toward providing for the livelihood of the elderly in two aging societies: Germany and Japan," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 39(1), pages 72-80, January.
    6. Breyer, Friedrich & Craig, Ben, 1997. "Voting on social security: Evidence from OECD countries," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 13(4), pages 705-724, December.
    7. Henning Bohn, 2009. "A Static Model for Voting on Social Security," CESifo Working Paper Series 2649, CESifo.
    8. Friedrich Breyer, 1994. "VOTING ON SOCIAL SECURITY WHEN LABOR SUPPLY IS ENDOGENOUS -super-†," Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 6(2), pages 119-130, July.
    9. Konrad, Kai A & Thum, Marcel, 1993. "Fundamental Standards and Time Consistency," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 46(4), pages 545-568.

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