Positive Arithmetic of the Welfare State

J. Ignacio Conde-Ruiz and Vincenzo Galasso

Economics Working Papers from European University Institute

Abstract: This paper argues that social security enjoys wider political support than other welfare programs because: (i) retirees constitute the most homogeneous voting group, and (ii) the intragenerational redistribution component of social security induces low-income young to support this system.

Keywords: SOCIAL SECURITY; INCOME; DISTRIBUTION (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 H53 H55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 49 pages
Date: 2000
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