Should Old-age Benefits be Earnings-tested?

dc.contributor.author	Määttänen, Niku	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Poutvaara, Panu	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-02-04T10:28:18Z
dc.date.available	2009-02-04T10:28:18Z
dc.date.issued	2007-12-04T00:00:00Z	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7705
dc.description.abstract	We study the welfare effects of earnings testing flat-rate old-age benefits in a quantitative overlapping generations model with idiosyncratic labor income risk. In our model economy, even a moderate earnings testing reduces individuals’ expected lifetime utility, whenever other taxes are taken into account. Moreover, it also lowers the realized lifetime utilities of those at the bottom of the lifetime utility distribution. Social security; Retirement; Means-testing	en_US
dc.format.extent	27 s.	en_US
dc.language	eng	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Discussion paper;2007-9	en_US
dc.title	Should Old-age Benefits be Earnings-tested?	en_US
dc.type	wp	en_US
dc.accessionstatus	modt07dec04 nijemo	en_US
dc.contributor.corporation	Copenhagen Business School. CBS	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Centre for Economic and Business Research	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentshort	CEBR	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentuk	Centre for Economic and Business Research	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentukshort	CEBR	en_US
dc.idnumber	x656555482	en_US
dc.publisher.city	København	en_US
dc.publisher.year	2007	en_US