Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/2862 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 533
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The paper examines the possible effects of introducing a large-scale welfare reform in Sweden, namely, the introduction of comprehensive welfare accounts. Under this policy, individuals make mandatory contributions to accounts, which they can top up with voluntary contributions. In return, individuals? welfare benefits are paid from their accounts. The paper uses a large panel of individual income data to examine how the adoption of universal welfare accounts may affect economic activity. We find that this policy could be designed so as to reduce social insurance expenditure considerably, improve the incentives to work and save, all with relatively small redistributive impact.
Subjects: 
welfare accounts
social insurance
taxes
welfare state benefits
welfare reform
JEL: 
H51
H52
H53
H55
H11
H21
H23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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