Social insurance, majority voting and labor mobility

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 397-420

  Cremer, Helmuth ^a   Pestieau, Pierre ^b  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

D72; Fiscal competition; H23; H73; Political economy; Social insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001593581     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(98)00016-4     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Atkinson, A.B., 1995. Public Economics in Action. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
2. Bureau D., Richard C. Public insurance and mobility: An exploratory analysis in the context of European economic unification. Annales d'Economie et de Statistique. 45:1997;275-290.
3. De Donder, Ph., Hindricks, J. 1997. The political economy of targeting. Mimeo.
4. Epple D., Romer T. Mobility and redistribution. Journal of Political Economy. 99:1991;828-858.
5. Gabszewicz J., van Ypersele T. Social protection and political competition. Journal of Public Economics. 61:1995;193-208.
6. Glennester, H., 1992. Paying for Welfare: The 1990's. Harvester-Wheatsheaf, London.
7. Harsanyi J.C. Cardinal utility in welfare economics and in the theory of risk-taking. Journal of Political Economy. 61:1953;434-435.
8. Hills, J., Ditch, J., Glennerster, H. (Eds.), 1994. Beveridge and Social Security. Clarendon Press, Cambridge.
9. Lejour A., Verbon H. Labour mobility and decision making on social insurance in an integrated market. Public Choice. 79:1994;161-185.
10. Moene, K.O., Wallerstein, M., 1996. Self-interested support for welfare spending. Mimeo.
11. Piketty T. A federal voting mechanism to solve the fiscal-externality problem. European Economic Review. 40:1996;3-17.
12. Shields G.M., Shields M.P. The emergence of migration theory and a suggested new direction. Journal of Economic Surveys. 4:1989;277-304.
13. Wildasin D. Income redistribution and migration. Canadian Journal of Economics. 27:1994;637-656.