ANNUALIZED VERSUS NON-ANNUALIZED LIFETIME INCOME-REDISTRIBUTION

Authors
NELISSEN JHM
Citation
Jhm. Nelissen, ANNUALIZED VERSUS NON-ANNUALIZED LIFETIME INCOME-REDISTRIBUTION, Applied economics letters, 3(8), 1996, pp. 533-536
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
Applied economics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
13504851
Volume
3
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
533 - 536
Database
ISI
SICI code
1350-4851(1996)3:8<533:AVNLI>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
This paper concerns the impact of the lifespan on the redistributive e ffect of the social security system when considering lifetime income. It is shown that with the exception of the old age pensions, the impac t is very small. It is also doubted whether annualization has to be ap plied.