Social Insurance: Incentives and Disincentives to Save and to Work

Martin Janssen

Chapter 3 in Economic Incentives, 1986, pp 67-88 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The expansion of the Social Insurance sectors of most Western industrialized countries has taken place at a considerable pace over the last twenty years. The accompanying economic literature has dealt, among other topics, with the incentive effects of Social Insurance, i.e. Social Security, Health Insurance and Unemployment Insurance, on factor supply.

Keywords: Social Security; Labor Supply; Pension Fund; Social Security System; Incentive Effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-18204-6_3

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