Is There a Political Support for the Double Burden on Prolonged Activity?

Georges Casamatta (), Helmuth Cremer () and Pierre Pestieau ()

No 4706, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: implicit taxation; pensions; retirement age (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2004-10
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