Greying the Budget : Ageing and Preferences over Public Policies
This paper looks at how individual preferences for the allocation of government spending change along the life cycle. Using the Life in Transition Survey II for 34 countries in Europe and Central Asia, the study finds that older individuals are les...
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okr-10986-237322021-04-23T14:04:17Z Greying the Budget : Ageing and Preferences over Public Policies de Mello, Luiz Schotte, Simone Tiongson, Erwin R. Winkler, Hernan TERRORISM FEMALE EDUCATION RISKS POLICY CONCERN GOVERNMENT SPENDING GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES CHECKS ACCOUNTING PEOPLE TIME RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS INTEREST DUMMY VARIABLES PUBLIC EDUCATION GOVERNMENT SPENDING PENSION SYSTEMS EXCHANGE POLICY CHANGE LEVELS OF EDUCATION GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE LABOR FORCE PUBLIC SERVICES HEALTH CARE POLITICAL ECONOMY PUBLIC FINANCE FISCAL POLICY EFFECTS HEALTH POLICY DISCUSSIONS PUBLIC BUDGETS SCENARIO TAX CRIME DUMMY VARIABLE FUTURE GENERATIONS BENEFICIARIES INFLATION INTERNATIONAL BANK PENSION BUDGET KNOWLEDGE MARITAL STATUS SPACE QUALITY OF EDUCATION GOVERNMENT POLICY TESTS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT PUBLIC SUPPORT INTERVENTION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT INCOME INEQUALITY DEMOCRACY POLICY CONCERN LOCAL GOVERNMENT PUBLIC FINANCE SERVICE PROVISION SOCIAL SECURITY RESEARCH IMPROVEMENT NUMBER OF CHILDREN TESTING FINANCE ELDERLY EXPENDITURE METHODS PROGRESS UNEMPLOYMENT OLDER PEOPLE GOOD TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC OPINION WORKERS CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES SCIENCE AGED FUTURE AGE POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PENSIONS POLICY MAKERS BUDGETS SOCIAL POLICY DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE POLITICAL PARTY GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE LABOUR MARKET EXPENDITURES SOCIAL SCIENCE PROPERTY SIZE POLITICAL PARTY FACE VALUE MARKET BULLETIN POPULATION ESTIMATES SURVEYS ELDERLY PEOPLE POLICY SOCIAL WELFARE CITIZENS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS OLDER PEOPLE REFERENDA POLITICAL CHANGE WAR RECONSTRUCTION GOODS THEORY CHILDREN ESTIMATING SECURITY WAR SHARE SAMPLING NUMBER OF CHILDREN IMMIGRATION OLD‐AGE HEALTH CARE POPULATION MARITAL STATUS STUDENTS CHECK ESTIMATES POLICY RESEARCH STRATEGY POLITICAL PROCESS PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC SERVICE IMPORTANT POLICY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION POPULATION STATISTICS SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION POLITICAL PROCESS GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY This paper looks at how individual preferences for the allocation of government spending change along the life cycle. Using the Life in Transition Survey II for 34 countries in Europe and Central Asia, the study finds that older individuals are less likely to support a rise in government outlays on education and more likely to support increases in spending on pensions. These results are very similar across countries, and they do not change when using alternative model specifications, estimation methods, and data sources. Using repeated cross-sections, the analysis controls for cohort effects and confirms the main results. The findings are consistent with a body of literature arguing that conflict across generations over the allocation of public expenditures may intensify in ageing economies. 2016-02-03T21:57:49Z 2016-02-03T21:57:49Z 2016-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25861532/greying-budget-ageing-preferences-over-public-policies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23732 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7555 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Central Asia Eastern Europe Europe and Central Asia |
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TERRORISM FEMALE EDUCATION RISKS POLICY CONCERN GOVERNMENT SPENDING GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES CHECKS ACCOUNTING PEOPLE TIME RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS INTEREST DUMMY VARIABLES PUBLIC EDUCATION GOVERNMENT SPENDING PENSION SYSTEMS EXCHANGE POLICY CHANGE LEVELS OF EDUCATION GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE LABOR FORCE PUBLIC SERVICES HEALTH CARE POLITICAL ECONOMY PUBLIC FINANCE FISCAL POLICY EFFECTS HEALTH POLICY DISCUSSIONS PUBLIC BUDGETS SCENARIO TAX CRIME DUMMY VARIABLE FUTURE GENERATIONS BENEFICIARIES INFLATION INTERNATIONAL BANK PENSION BUDGET KNOWLEDGE MARITAL STATUS SPACE QUALITY OF EDUCATION GOVERNMENT POLICY TESTS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT PUBLIC SUPPORT INTERVENTION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT INCOME INEQUALITY DEMOCRACY POLICY CONCERN LOCAL GOVERNMENT PUBLIC FINANCE SERVICE PROVISION SOCIAL SECURITY RESEARCH IMPROVEMENT NUMBER OF CHILDREN TESTING FINANCE ELDERLY EXPENDITURE METHODS PROGRESS UNEMPLOYMENT OLDER PEOPLE GOOD TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC OPINION WORKERS CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES SCIENCE AGED FUTURE AGE POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PENSIONS POLICY MAKERS BUDGETS SOCIAL POLICY DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE POLITICAL PARTY GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE LABOUR MARKET EXPENDITURES SOCIAL SCIENCE PROPERTY SIZE POLITICAL PARTY FACE VALUE MARKET BULLETIN POPULATION ESTIMATES SURVEYS ELDERLY PEOPLE POLICY SOCIAL WELFARE CITIZENS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS OLDER PEOPLE REFERENDA POLITICAL CHANGE WAR RECONSTRUCTION GOODS THEORY CHILDREN ESTIMATING SECURITY WAR SHARE SAMPLING NUMBER OF CHILDREN IMMIGRATION OLD‐AGE HEALTH CARE POPULATION MARITAL STATUS STUDENTS CHECK ESTIMATES POLICY RESEARCH STRATEGY POLITICAL PROCESS PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC SERVICE IMPORTANT POLICY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION POPULATION STATISTICS SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION POLITICAL PROCESS GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY |
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TERRORISM FEMALE EDUCATION RISKS POLICY CONCERN GOVERNMENT SPENDING GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES CHECKS ACCOUNTING PEOPLE TIME RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS INTEREST DUMMY VARIABLES PUBLIC EDUCATION GOVERNMENT SPENDING PENSION SYSTEMS EXCHANGE POLICY CHANGE LEVELS OF EDUCATION GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE LABOR FORCE PUBLIC SERVICES HEALTH CARE POLITICAL ECONOMY PUBLIC FINANCE FISCAL POLICY EFFECTS HEALTH POLICY DISCUSSIONS PUBLIC BUDGETS SCENARIO TAX CRIME DUMMY VARIABLE FUTURE GENERATIONS BENEFICIARIES INFLATION INTERNATIONAL BANK PENSION BUDGET KNOWLEDGE MARITAL STATUS SPACE QUALITY OF EDUCATION GOVERNMENT POLICY TESTS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT PUBLIC SUPPORT INTERVENTION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT INCOME INEQUALITY DEMOCRACY POLICY CONCERN LOCAL GOVERNMENT PUBLIC FINANCE SERVICE PROVISION SOCIAL SECURITY RESEARCH IMPROVEMENT NUMBER OF CHILDREN TESTING FINANCE ELDERLY EXPENDITURE METHODS PROGRESS UNEMPLOYMENT OLDER PEOPLE GOOD TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC OPINION WORKERS CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES SCIENCE AGED FUTURE AGE POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PENSIONS POLICY MAKERS BUDGETS SOCIAL POLICY DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE POLITICAL PARTY GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE LABOUR MARKET EXPENDITURES SOCIAL SCIENCE PROPERTY SIZE POLITICAL PARTY FACE VALUE MARKET BULLETIN POPULATION ESTIMATES SURVEYS ELDERLY PEOPLE POLICY SOCIAL WELFARE CITIZENS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS OLDER PEOPLE REFERENDA POLITICAL CHANGE WAR RECONSTRUCTION GOODS THEORY CHILDREN ESTIMATING SECURITY WAR SHARE SAMPLING NUMBER OF CHILDREN IMMIGRATION OLD‐AGE HEALTH CARE POPULATION MARITAL STATUS STUDENTS CHECK ESTIMATES POLICY RESEARCH STRATEGY POLITICAL PROCESS PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC SERVICE IMPORTANT POLICY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION POPULATION STATISTICS SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION POLITICAL PROCESS GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY de Mello, Luiz Schotte, Simone Tiongson, Erwin R. Winkler, Hernan Greying the Budget : Ageing and Preferences over Public Policies |
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Europe and Central Asia Central Asia Eastern Europe Europe and Central Asia |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7555 |
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This paper looks at how individual
preferences for the allocation of government spending change
along the life cycle. Using the Life in Transition Survey II
for 34 countries in Europe and Central Asia, the study finds
that older individuals are less likely to support a rise in
government outlays on education and more likely to support
increases in spending on pensions. These results are very
similar across countries, and they do not change when using
alternative model specifications, estimation methods, and
data sources. Using repeated cross-sections, the analysis
controls for cohort effects and confirms the main results.
The findings are consistent with a body of literature
arguing that conflict across generations over the allocation
of public expenditures may intensify in ageing economies. |
| format |
Working Paper |
| author |
de Mello, Luiz Schotte, Simone Tiongson, Erwin R. Winkler, Hernan |
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de Mello, Luiz Schotte, Simone Tiongson, Erwin R. Winkler, Hernan |
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de Mello, Luiz |
| title |
Greying the Budget : Ageing and Preferences over Public Policies |
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Greying the Budget : Ageing and Preferences over Public Policies |
| title_full |
Greying the Budget : Ageing and Preferences over Public Policies |
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Greying the Budget : Ageing and Preferences over Public Policies |
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Greying the Budget : Ageing and Preferences over Public Policies |
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greying the budget : ageing and preferences over public policies |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2016 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25861532/greying-budget-ageing-preferences-over-public-policies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23732 |
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