Pierre Pestieau

University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics

Professor

Boulevard du Rectorat, 7, Batiment 31

Sart-Tilman

B-4000 Liege, 4000

Belgium

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Fellow

London

United Kingdom

CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Poschinger Str. 5

Munich, DE-81679

Germany

http://www.CESifo.de

Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)

CORE

34 Vopie Roman Pays

Louvain la Neuve

Belgium

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Scholarly Papers (91)

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Wealth Transfer Taxation: A Survey

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 10 Nov 2003
Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Wealth Transfer Taxation: A Survey

Levy Economics Institute Working Paper No. 394
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 05 Jan 2004
Pierre Pestieau and Helmuth Cremer
University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI)
Downloads 147 (408,926)
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Bequests, inheritance, estate taxation

Tax Evasion, Welfare Fraud, and 'The Broken Windows' Effect: An Experiment in Belgium, France and the Netherlands

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3408
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 15 Apr 2011
University of Liege - Research Center on Public and Population Economics, University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics, Maastricht University and GATE - CNRS
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tax evasion, social fraud, social comparisons, cross-country comparisons, experiments

Tax Evasion, Welfare Fraud, and 'The Broken Windows' Effect: An Experiment in Belgium, France and the Netherlands

Netspar Discussion Paper No. 02/2011-110
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 30 Jan 2012
University of Liege - Research Center on Public and Population Economics, University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics, Maastricht University and GATE - CNRS
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Tax evasion, social fraud, social comparisons, cross-country comparisons, experiments

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The Tenuous Case for an Annual Wealth Tax

IEB Working Paper N. 2018/01
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 23 Feb 2018
Robin Boadway and Pierre Pestieau
Queen's University and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
Downloads 459 (130,087)
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Wealth tax, capital income tax, inheritance tax

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'The Ex Post Egalitarian Manual for Publishing the Unpublishable': Our Rejoinder

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 10 Dec 2024
Paris School of Economics, University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), UCLouvain, University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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ex post egalitarianism, unpublishable, inequalities, longevity

Social Insurance and Redistribution with Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2004/83
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 15 Apr 2005
Queen's University, Catholic University of Portugal (UCP) - Department Economics and Finance, Catholic University of Louvain - Department of Economics (Deceased) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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social insurance, redistribution, market failures

Social Insurance and Redistribution with Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 05 Mar 2004
Queen's University, Catholic University of Portugal (UCP) - Department Economics and Finance, Catholic University of Louvain - Department of Economics (Deceased) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Social insurance, redistribution, market failures

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Taxing Pensions

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5930
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 23 Jun 2016
Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
Downloads 220 (283,948)

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private pensions, deferred tax, social security, retirement

Taxing Pensions

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9821
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 21 Mar 2016
Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
Downloads 88 (600,211)
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private pensions, deferred tax, social security, retirement

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Are We Retiring Too Early?

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 14 Aug 2001
Pierre Pestieau
University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Universal Minimum Old Age Pensions: Impact on Poverty and Fiscal Cost in 18 Latin American Countries

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5292
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Jean-Jacques Dethier, Pierre Pestieau and Rabia Ali
World Bank, University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and World Bank
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Rural Poverty Reduction, Population Policies, Debt Markets, Regional Economic Development

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Over the Top: Why an Annual Wealth Tax for Canada is Unnecessary

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 546, 2019, isbn 978-1-989483-07-7
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 25 Jun 2019
Robin Boadway and Pierre Pestieau
Queen's University and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
Downloads 277 (227,122)
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Fiscal and Tax Policy; Incentives to Save; Property Taxes

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Social Security, Retirement Age and Optimal Income Taxation

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 27 May 2002
Helmuth Cremer, Jean Marie Lozachmeur and Pierre Pestieau
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Liège - Economics, Business Administration and Social Sciences and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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The Macroeconomics of PAYG Pension Schemes in an Aging Society

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 21 May 2014 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2014
Lionel Artige, Laurent Cavenaile and Pierre Pestieau
University of Liège, University of Toronto at Scarborough and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
Downloads 213 (294,084)
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aging, defined benefit, defined contribution, fertility, longevity, PAYG pension

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The Political Economy of Social Security

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Feb 2001
Georges Casamatta, Helmuth Gremer and Pierre Pestieau
Toulouse School of Economics (GREMAQ-CNRS), University of Toulouse 1 and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
Downloads 211 (296,632)
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Social security, majority voting

Aging, Social Security Design, and Capital Accumulation

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5621
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 Dec 2015
Antoine Dedry, Harun Onder and Pierre Pestieau
University of Liège - HEC Management School, World Bank and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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aging, public finance sustainability, social security

Aging, Social Security Design, and Capital Accumulation

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5979
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 28 Jul 2016
Antoine Dedry, Harun Onder and Pierre Pestieau
University of Liège - HEC Management School, World Bank and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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aging, public finance sustainability, social security

Aging, Social Security Design, and Capital Accumulation

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7418
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Antoine Dedry, Harun Onder and Pierre Pestieau
University of Liège - HEC Management School, World Bank and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Consumption, Population & Development, Social Protections & Assistance, Population Sciences, Economic Theory & Research, Industrial Economics, Population Policies, Economic Growth, Fiscal & Monetary Policy, Demographics

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Income Taxation of Couples and the Tax Unit Choice

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2005, CORE Discussion Paper No. 2007/13
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 29 Mar 2007
Helmuth Cremer, Jean Marie Lozachmeur and Pierre Pestieau
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Liège - Economics, Business Administration and Social Sciences and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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The Effects of Early Retirement on Youth Unemployment: The Case of Belgium

IMF Working Paper No. 08/30
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 Feb 2008
University of Liege, University of Strasbourg, University of Liège - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
Downloads 177 (348,635)
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Unemployment, Belgium, Labor supply, Pensions

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Education and Social Mobility

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2951
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 21 Feb 2010
Helmuth Cremer, Philippe De Donder and Pierre Pestieau
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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elitism, egalitarianism, private education

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Longevity and Pay-as-You-Go Pensions

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2006/54
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 23 Aug 2006
University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics and PoliticsCREPP and Hitotsubashi University - Faculty of Economics
Downloads 161 (378,300)
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longevity, health care, PAYG social security

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Populism and Social Polarization in European Democracies

CESifo Working Paper No. 8458
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 13 Aug 2020
Victor Ginsburgh, Sergio Perelman and Pierre Pestieau
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), University of Liège - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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populism, polarization, social divide

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Long Term Care: The State, the Market and the Family

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2004/82
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 15 Apr 2005
Pierre Pestieau and Motohiro Sato
University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and Hitotsubashi University - Faculty of Economics
Downloads 157 (386,615)
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long term care, altruism, bequests

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Indirect Taxes for Redistribution: Should Necessity Goods Be Favored?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3667
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Dec 2011
Robin Boadway and Pierre Pestieau
Queen's University and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
Downloads 153 (395,148)
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optimal income tax, Atkinson-Stiglitz Theorem, indirect taxes

Micro-Simulation of Social Security Reforms in Belgium

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 22 Apr 2003
Federal Planning Bureau, Belgium, University of Liege, University of Liège - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Aging, Retirement, Incentives, Pension Reform

Micro-Simulation of Social Security Reforms in Belgium

NBER Working Paper No. w9494
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 13 Feb 2003 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2010
Federal Planning Bureau, Belgium, University of Liege, University of Liège - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
Downloads 37 (915,374)

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United But (Un-)Equal: Human Capital, Probability of Divorce and the Marriage Contract

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7038
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 15 Dec 2012
Helmuth Cremer, Pierre Pestieau and Kerstin Roeder
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)
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post-marital education, marriage contract, divorce

United But (Un)Equal: Human Capital, Probability of Divorce and the Marriage Contract

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4020
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 14 Dec 2012
Helmuth Cremer, Pierre Pestieau and Kerstin Roeder
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)
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post-marital education, marriage contract, divorce

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Mitigating the Economic Impact of an Aging Population: Options for Bulgaria

Mitigating the Economic Impact of an Aging Population: Options for Bulgaria, World Bank, September 2013
Number of pages: 132 Posted: 29 Sep 2013
World Bank, World Bank - Human Development Sector, Vienna University of Economics and Business, World Bank, WORLD BANK GROUP, Kyiv School of Economics, World Bank - Human Development, World Bank, Human Development, The World Bank - Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF), World Bank, World Bank, World Bank, Human Development, World Bank, Independent, Independent, World Bank, World Bank, Independent, Human Development, University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and University of Vienna
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Aging, Population, Economic Growth, Fiscal Policy, Balkans, Bulgaria

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Tax Evasion, Welfare Fraud, and 'the Broken Windows' Effect: An Experiment in Belgium, France and the Netherlands

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5609
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 11 Apr 2011
University of Strasbourg, University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics, Maastricht University and GATE - CNRS
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tax evasion, social fraud, social comparisons, cross-country comparisons, experiments

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The Wealth Tax and the Tax Mix

Canadian Tax Journal/Revue fiscale canadienne, Vol. 70 (supp.), 2022, pp. 185-208
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 29 Mar 2023
Robin Boadway and Pierre Pestieau
Queen's University and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
Downloads 141 (421,911)

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Wealth Taxes, Income Taxes, Inheritance Taxes, Tax Policy

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Estate Taxation with Both Accidental and Planned Bequests

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1799
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 06 Oct 2006
Pierre Pestieau and Motohiro Sato
University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and Hitotsubashi University - Faculty of Economics
Downloads 131 (447,186)
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estate taxation, inheritance, bequests motives

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Limiting the Number of Charities

CORE Discussion Paper 2006/74
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 19 Nov 2006
Pierre Pestieau and Motohiro Sato
University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and Hitotsubashi University - Faculty of Economics
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charities, joy of giving

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Public and Private Environmental Spending. A Political Economy Approach

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2004/68
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 03 Feb 2005
Pierre-Andre Jouvet, Philippe Michel and Pierre Pestieau
Institut National d'Horticulture, GRQAM, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) - GREQAM (Deceased) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
Downloads 121 (475,668)
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Designing a Linear Pension Scheme with Forced Savings and Wage Heterogeneity

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2006/47
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 22 Aug 2006
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Universidad del Rosario - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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social security, myopia, dual-self model

Designing a Linear Pension Scheme with Forced Savings and Wage Heterogeneity

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5914
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 29 Dec 2006
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Universidad del Rosario - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Social security, myopia, dual-self model

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The Spenders-Hoarders Theory of Capital Accumulation, Wealth Distribution and Fiscal Policy

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2007/40
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 30 Aug 2007
Pierre Pestieau and Emmanuel Thibault
University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
Downloads 117 (488,018)
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Altruism, Preference for wealth, Capital accumulation, Wealth distribution,Ricardian equivalence.

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Optimal Accumulation in an Endogenous Growth Setting with Human Capital

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2081
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 25 Apr 2006
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), United Nations - Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
Downloads 115 (494,343)
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endogenous growth, human capital, intergenerational transfers

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The Tax Treatment of Intergenerational Wealth Transfers

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2004/62
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 03 Mar 2005
Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
Downloads 114 (497,567)
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portfolio selection, Value-at-Risk, skewed-t distribution, weighted maximum likelihood

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On the Policy Implications of Changing Longevity

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3926
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 12 Sep 2012
Pierre Pestieau and Gregory Ponthiere
University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
Downloads 113 (500,925)

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life expectancy, mortality, optimal public policy

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Prodigality and Myopia: Two Rationales for Social Security

CORE Discussion Paper No. 73
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 19 Nov 2006
Pierre Pestieau and Uri M. Possen
University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and Cornell University - Department of Economics
Downloads 108 (517,740)
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social security, myopia, dual-self model, prodigality

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Taxing Sin Goods and Subsidizing Health Care

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2297
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 07 May 2008
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Universidad del Rosario - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
Downloads 99 (555,981)
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paternalism, behavioral economics, dual self v single self

Taxing Sin Goods and Subsidizing Health Care

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6777
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 12 Jun 2008
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Universidad del Rosario - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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behavioral economics, dual vs single self, paternalism

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The Political Economy of Redistributive Social Security

IMF Working Paper No. 99/180
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 14 Feb 2006
Pierre Pestieau
University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
Downloads 97 (557,881)

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social security, majority voting, entitlements, aging

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Are Differential Co-Payment Rates Appropriate in the Health Sector?

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2004/70
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 07 Dec 2004
Facultes Universitaires Catholiques de Mons (FUCAM), Catholic University of Louvain - Department of Economics (Deceased), University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and Universite du Luxembourg
Downloads 96 (561,671)
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Pay-as-you-go social security, endogenous fertility, storage, moral hazard, Samuelson's condition

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Social Long Term Care Insurance and Redistribution

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3452
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 25 May 2011
Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
Downloads 94 (569,192)
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long term care, social insurance

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Habit Formation and Labor Supply

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2351
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 15 Jul 2008
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Universidad del Rosario - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
Downloads 93 (573,025)

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habit formation, myopia, unretiring

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Nature Versus Nurture in Social Mobility Under Private and Public Education Systems

CESifo Working Paper No. 8472
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 Aug 2020
C. Simon Fan, Pierre Pestieau and Yu Pang
Lingnam University - Department of Economics, University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST)
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innate ability, private education, public education, intergenerational mobility

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Is Migration a Good Substitute for Education Subsidies ?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4614
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Ousmane Faye and Pierre Pestieau
CEPS/INSTEAD and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Population Policies, Economic Theory & Research, Access to Finance, International Migration, Emerging Markets

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Fear of Ruin and Longevity Enhancing Investment

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2007/32
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 17 Aug 2007
Louis Eeckhoudt and Pierre Pestieau
Facultes Universitaires Catholiques de Mons (FUCAM) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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longevity, fear of ruin

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Long-Term Care Insurance and Optimal Taxation for Altruistic Children

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2003/63
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 21 Jun 2007
University of Liege, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Catholic University of Louvain - Department of Economics (Deceased) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Inherited Wealth and Demographic Aging

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7739
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 19 Jul 2016
Harun Onder and Pierre Pestieau
World Bank and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Pro-Poor Growth, Equity and Development, Achieving Shared Growth

Inherited Wealth and Demographic Aging

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5984
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 04 Aug 2016
Harun Onder and Pierre Pestieau
World Bank and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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inherited wealth, inheritance, aging, inequality, social security

Inherited Wealth and Demographic Aging

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11387
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 18 Jul 2016
Harun Onder and Pierre Pestieau
World Bank and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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aging, bequest motives, inherited wealth

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Social Security in Belgium: Distributive Outcomes

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 21 Feb 2005
University of Liege, University of Strasbourg, University of Liège - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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pensions, inequality, social security, elderly

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Optimal Lockdown and Social Welfare

CESifo Working Paper No. 8694
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 19 Nov 2020
Pierre Pestieau and Gregory Ponthiere
University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and UCLouvain
Downloads 85 (605,290)

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Covid-19, lockdown, optimal policy, social welfare

Voting Over Type and Generosity of a Pension System when Some Individuals are Myopic

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2006/79
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 Nov 2006 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2011
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Universidad del Rosario - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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social security, myopia, dual-self model

Voting Over Type and Generosity of a Pension System When Some Individuals are Myopic

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5923
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 29 Dec 2006
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Universidad del Rosario - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Social security, myopia, dual-self model

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Desirable Misuse of Unemployment Benefits: The Economics of Canada Dry Retirement

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2006/70
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 14 Nov 2006
Helmuth Cremer, Jean Marie Lozachmeur and Pierre Pestieau
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Liège - Economics, Business Administration and Social Sciences and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Pensions with Endogenous and Stochastic Fertility

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2004/67
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 03 Feb 2005
Helmuth Cremer, Firouz Gahvari and Pierre Pestieau
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Pay-as-you-go social security, endogenous fertility, storage, moral hazard, Samuelson's condition

Accidental Bequests: A Curse for the Rich and a Boon for the Poor

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3094
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 Jun 2010
Helmuth Cremer, Firouz Gahvari and Pierre Pestieau
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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accidental bequests, estate tax, tagging, first best, second best

Accidental Bequests: A Curse for the Rich and a Boon for the Poor

ECONPUBBLICA Working Paper No. 147
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 04 Mar 2012
Helmuth Cremer, Firouz Gahvari and Pierre Pestieau
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Should We Subsidize Longevity?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2614
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Apr 2009
University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics and PoliticsCREPP
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optimal taxation, longevity, genetic background, heterogeneity, myopia

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Fertility, Human Capital Accumulation, and the Pension System

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2736
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 06 Aug 2009
Helmuth Cremer, Firouz Gahvari and Pierre Pestieau
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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pay-as-you-go social security, endogenous fertility, education, endogenous ratio of high to low ability types, three externality sources, education subsidies, child subsidies

Forced Saving, Redistribution and Nonlinear Social Security Schemes

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2325
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 13 Jun 2008
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Universidad del Rosario - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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non-linear social security, myopia, dual self model

Forced Saving, Redistribution and Nonlinear Social Security Schemes

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6775
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 12 Jun 2008
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Universidad del Rosario - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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dual self, myopia, paternalism

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Optimal Redistribution with Unobservable Disability: Welfarist Versus Non-Welfarist Social Objectives

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2007/35
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 17 Aug 2007
Pierre Pestieau and Maria del Mar Racionero Llorente
University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and Australian National University (ANU) - School of Economics
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Optimal non-linear taxation, quasi-linear preferences, asymmetric information, responsibility

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Premature Deaths, Accidental Bequests and Fairness

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6802
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 16 Feb 2018
Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics, Paris School of Economics (PSE) and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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mortality, accidental bequests, optimal taxation, egalitarianism, OLG models

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Macroeconomic and Fiscal Implications of Population Aging in Bulgaria

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6774
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Harun Onder, Pierre Pestieau and Eduardo Ley
World Bank, University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and World Bank
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Nursing Homes and Mortality in Europe: Uncertain Causality

CESifo Working Paper No. 9572
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 17 Feb 2022
University of Liège, Aix Marseille University, University of Liège - Department of Economics, University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and University of Liège
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nursing homes, mortality, propensity score matching, SHARE

58.

Social Security and Retirement in Belgium

NBER Working Paper No. w6169
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 20 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2022
Pierre Pestieau and Jean-Philippe Stijns
University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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Retirement as a Hedge

Netspar Discussion Paper No. 05/2010-049
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 12 Nov 2010
Pierre Pestieau and Uri M. Possen
University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and Cornell University - Department of Economics
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Retirement Decision, Defined Benefit, Defined Contribution

Private, Social and Self-Insurance for Long-Term Care in the Presence of Family Help - A Political Economy Analysis

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4352
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 21 Aug 2013
Philippe De Donder and Pierre Pestieau
University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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long-term care, social insurance, familism, crowding out, weak and strong prospects of family help, voting

Private, Social and Self-Insurance for Long-Term Care in the Presence of Family Help: A Political Economy Analysis

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9587
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 Aug 2013
Philippe De Donder and Pierre Pestieau
University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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crowding out, familism, long-term care, social insurance, voting, weak and strong prospects of family help

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Social Security and Economic Integration

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 26 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2014
Lionel Artige, Antoine Dedry and Pierre Pestieau
University of Liège, University of Liège - HEC Management School and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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ageing, tax competition, social security

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Fair Long-Term Care Insurance

CESifo Working Paper No. 7660
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 25 Jul 2019
M.‐L. Leroux, Pierre Pestieau and Gregory Ponthiere
University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and University Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC) - ERUDITE
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long-term care, social insurance, fairness, mortality, compensation, egalitarianism

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Contributive Pensions and Imperfect Tax Compliance: A Political Economy Model

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5656
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 21 Jan 2016
M.‐L. Leroux, Dario Maldonado and Pierre Pestieau
University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), Universidad del Rosario - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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evasion costs, majority voting, public pensions, tax compliance

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Childlessness, Childfreeness and Compensation

CESifo Working Paper No. 7998
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Jan 2020
M.‐L. Leroux, Pierre Pestieau and Gregory Ponthiere
University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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fertility, childlessness, family policy, compensation fairness

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Raising the Age of Retirement: An Example of Political Ratchet Effect

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 08 Mar 2012
University of Strasbourg, University of Liège - Department of Economics, University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and European Central Bank (ECB)
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The Optimal Design of Assisted Reproductive Technologies Policies

CESifo Working Paper No. 9803
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 29 Jun 2022
Marie-Louise Leroux, Pierre Pestieau and Gregory Ponthiere
University of Québec at Montréal, University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and UCLouvain
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fertility, assisted reproductive technologies, non-linear taxation, utilitarianism, ex-post egalitarianism

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Age-Related Taxation of Bequests in the Presence of a Dependency Risk

CESifo Working Paper No. 8642
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 28 Oct 2020
M.‐L. Leroux and Pierre Pestieau
University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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bequest taxation, long term care, utilitarianism, Rawlsian welfare criterion, old-age dependency

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The Optimal Design of Assisted Reproductive Technologies Policies

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 06 Mar 2023
M.‐L. Leroux, Pierre Pestieau and Gregory Ponthiere
University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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fertility, assisted reproductive technologies, non-linear taxation, utilitarianism, ex-post egalitarianism

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Intergenerational Mobility and Income Redistribution Under Majority Voting

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 Aug 2022
C. Simon Fan, Yu Pang and Pierre Pestieau
Lingnam University - Department of Economics, Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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intergenerational mobility, income taxation, parental altruism, study effort, educational system

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Age and Health Related Inheritance Taxation

CESifo Working Paper No. 9004
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 16 Apr 2021
M.‐L. Leroux and Pierre Pestieau
University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Social Security and Retirement Decision: A Positive and Normative Approach

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5542
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 Jun 2006
Helmuth Cremer, Jean Marie Lozachmeur and Pierre Pestieau
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Liège - Economics, Business Administration and Social Sciences and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Social security, early retirement, optimal income taxation, majority voting

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Intergenerational Transfer of Human Capital and Optimal Education Policy

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 20 Feb 2004
Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Education policy, intergenerational transfers, human capital, redistribution

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Retirement Age and Health Expenditures

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 15 Feb 2005
Helmuth Cremer, Jean Marie Lozachmeur and Pierre Pestieau
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Liège - Economics, Business Administration and Social Sciences and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Piracy Prevention and the Pricing of Information Goods

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5556
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 26 Jun 2006
Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Piracy, copying, intellectual property, information good

75.

Voting on Pensions with Endogenous Retirement Age

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 03 Apr 2003
Georges Casamatta, Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau
Toulouse School of Economics (GREMAQ-CNRS), University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Social security, retirement age, majority voting

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Disability Testing and Retirement

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5546
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 15 Feb 2005
Helmuth Cremer, Jean Marie Lozachmeur and Pierre Pestieau
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Liège - Economics, Business Administration and Social Sciences and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Disability, retirement, social security

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Labour Mobility, Redistribution and Pensions Reform in Europe

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 15 May 2001
Alain Jousten and Pierre Pestieau
University of Liege and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Europe, mobility, pension, redistribution

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Fiscal Policy with Agents Differing in Altruism and in Ability

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 05 Mar 2004
Philippe Michel and Pierre Pestieau
National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) - GREQAM (Deceased) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Altruism, public debt, social security, estate tax

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Social Desirability of Earning Tests

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5551
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 26 Jun 2006
Helmuth Cremer, Jean Marie Lozachmeur and Pierre Pestieau
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Liège - Economics, Business Administration and Social Sciences and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Earnings test, social security

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Pensions with Heterogenous Individuals and Endogenous Fertility

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5553
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 26 Jun 2006
Helmuth Cremer, Firouz Gahvari and Pierre Pestieau
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Pensions, fertility, adverse selection

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

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 29 Dec 2004
Georges Casamatta, Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau
Toulouse School of Economics (GREMAQ-CNRS), University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Pensions, implicit taxation, retirement age

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Habit Formation and Labour Supply

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6776
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 12 Jun 2008
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI), University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Universidad del Rosario - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Habit formation, Myopia, Unretiring

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Long-Term Care Social Insurance. How to Avoid Big Losses?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11359
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 07 Jul 2016
Justina Klimaviciute and Pierre Pestieau
University of Liège and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Arrow's theorem, capped spending, long-term care insurance, optimal taxation

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Social mobility and populist values in Europe

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 11 Feb 2025
Sergio Perelman, Pierre Pestieau and Jerome Schoenmaeckers
University of Liège - Department of Economics, University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and University of Liege, HEC Management School, Students
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populism, social mobility, education policy, instrumental variable JEL classification: H20, H31, H50

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Long-Term Care and Births Timing

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11370
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 07 Jul 2016
Pierre Pestieau and Gregory Ponthiere
University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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birth timing, childbearing age, family policy, long term care, OLG models

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The Public Economics of Long Term Care

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11365
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 07 Jul 2016
Pierre Pestieau and Gregory Ponthiere
University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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Dependence, family solidarity, long term care, Social Insurance

87.

On the Convergence of Social Protection Performance in the European Union

CESifo Economic Studies, Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 300-322, 2010
Posted: 04 Jun 2010
Mathieu Lefebvre, Tim Coelli and Pierre Pestieau
University of Liege - Research Center on Public and Population Economics, University of Queensland - Centre for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis (CEPA) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics

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performance measure, best practice frontier, social protection

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Demographic Shock and Social Security: A Political Economy Perspective

International Tax and Public Finance, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 417-431, August 2001
Posted: 07 Nov 2001
Georges Casamatta, Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau
Toulouse School of Economics (GREMAQ-CNRS), University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics

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Social security, majority voting, entitlements, aging

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Political Sustainability and the Design of Social Insurance

Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 75, No. 3, March 2000
Posted: 01 Aug 2001
Georges Casamatta, Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau
Toulouse School of Economics (GREMAQ-CNRS), University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics

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Social insurance, Political support

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Investing Social Security in the Equity Market. Does it Make a Difference?

National Tax Journal, March 2000
Posted: 25 Apr 2000
Pierre Pestieau and Uri M. Possen
University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and Cornell University - Department of Economics

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Redistributive Taxation and Social Insurance

INTERNATIONAL TAX AND PUBLIC FINANCE, Vol. 3, No. 3, 1996
Posted: 04 May 1998
Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau
University of Toulouse (GREMAQ & IDEI) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics

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