Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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Transcribed Image Text:To think of the social security problem, assume the economy is populated by two overlapping generation populations, the
young and the old. Population follows the growth rate n. Each person lives two period, young (t = 1) and old (t = 2).
The utility function is given by
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U(c1, c2) = In ci +B In c2.
When he is young, he receives wage w. At old period, he receives social security s. The life time budget constraint is
C2
=w (1-T)+1+r
1+r
Ci +
where T is income tax. 1+r is the interest rate. To balance the social security payment. The following condition must
hold
wT (1 + n) = 5
where the wT (1+n) if the tax revenue received from the young and s is the expenditure transferred to the old. 1+n is
the population growth rate. Therefore, when s is decided, the tax rate T =
w(1+n)
1. Show a person's efficiency condition is choosing ei and c2. Explain the intuition.
2. Solve c, ez and explain how would this being affeeted by s, r and n
3. Now suppose we change the tax from income tax to lump sum tax T. That is, a person's budget constraint becomes
= W -T
1+r
1+r
For the government, to balance the budget, what is the lump-sum tax T?
4. Are people happier in the new tax regime? (show the proof).
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