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Efficient taxation with differential risks of dependence and mortality

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  • Nishimura, Y.

    (Osaka University)

  • Pestieau, P.

    (Université catholique de Louvain, CORE, Belgium)

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The purpose of this note is to analyze the optimal tax and transfer policies that should be conducted in a society where individuals differ according to their productivity and their risk of mortality and dependency. We show that according to the most reasonable estimates of correlation among these three characteristics, an optimal policy should consist of a tax on earning and second period consumption and of a subsidy on long term care spending. The sign of the tax on saving is ambiguous but we can expect a positive tax on saving in reasonable cases.

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  • Nishimura, Y. & Pestieau, P., 2015. "Efficient taxation with differential risks of dependence and mortality," LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE 2015018, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
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    1. Marie‐Louise Leroux & Pierre Pestieau, 2022. "Age‐related taxation of bequests in the presence of a dependency risk," Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory, vol. 24(1), pages 92-119, February.
    2. Yukihiro Nishimura & Pierre Pestieau, 2022. "Old age or dependence: Which social insurance?," Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory, vol. 24(4), pages 639-652, August.
    3. Marie‐Louise Leroux & Pierre Pestieau, 2023. "Age‐ and health‐related non‐linear inheritance taxation," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 56(3), pages 897-912, August.

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    long term care; mortality risk; efficient taxation;
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    • H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
    • H5 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies

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