Title :

Who pays for the consumption of young and old?

Author(s) :

d'Albis, Hippolyte [Auteur]
Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques [PJSE]
Paris School of Economics [PSE]
Bonnet, Carole [Auteur]
Institut national d'études démographiques [INED]
Chojnicki, Xavier [Auteur]
Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM]
El Mekkaouide Freitas, Najat [Auteur]
Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine [LEDa]
Greulich, Angela [Auteur]
Institut national d'études démographiques [INED]
Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne [CES]
Hubert, Jérôme [Auteur]
Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM]
Navaux, Julien [Auteur]
University of Ottawa [Ottawa]

English keyword(s) :

Generational Economy
National Transfer Accounts
Inter- Generational Equity
Private and Public Consumption

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances

English abstract : [en]

This article provides a comprehensive overview of how the funding of consumption at different ages is shared between the State, the individual and the family. By applying the National Transfer Accounts method for France, ...
Show more >This article provides a comprehensive overview of how the funding of consumption at different ages is shared between the State, the individual and the family. By applying the National Transfer Accounts method for France, we developed a unique database to analyze how the funding of consumption is secured at each age, how its structure has changed over time, and how the consumption is financed in France compared to that of a set of other developed countries. We find that the elderly in France finance themselves increasingly by their own means, even though public funding of this age group remains significant in France in comparison to other countries. Conversely, the young rely more and more on the State to finance their consumption. Within our sample, France is the country where the young benefited most from public transfers.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Collections :

• Lille Économie Management (LEM) - UMR 9221

Source :

Harvested from HAL