Social security and strategic inter-vivos transfers of social capital

Konrad, Kai A. (1995): Social security and strategic inter-vivos transfers of social capital. In: Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 8, No. 3: pp. 315-326

Abstract

This paper explains public provision of social capital in an overlapping generations model with 'gerontocracy', without resort to any bequest motive. The old generation has an incentive to provide education and infrastructure because these goods shift the Laffer curve of social security taxation, thereby increasing old-age income in the political equilibrium. The incentive is stronger if population growth is larger. The marginal productivity of social capital in the political equilibrium may exceed or fall short of the marginal productivity of social capital in an efficient allocation. © 1995 Springer-Verlag.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Form of publication: Publisher's Version
• Keywords: article; capital; Demographic Factors; demography; Economic Factors; economics; education; Financial Activities; financial management; Intergenerational Transfers; Macroeconomic Factors; Microeconomic Factors; population; population dynamics; population growth; social security; World, Capital; Demographic Factors; Economic Factors; Education; Financial Activities; Financing, Government; Intergenerational Transfers; Macroeconomic Factors; Microeconomic Factors; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Social Security; World, Demography; Economics; Education; Financial Management; Financing, Government; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Social Security
• Faculties: Economics > Chairs > MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance
• Subjects: 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
• ISSN: 0933-1433
• Language: English