Optimal population policy with health care and lethal pollution

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Autor(a) principal: Lehmijoki, Ulla
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Palokangas, Tapio
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/27705
Resumo: Optimal population policy is examined in the following setup. Families invest in capital, spend on health care and determine their number of children. Firms produce output from labor, capital and pollutants. Pollution increases, but private and public health care decrease mortality dynamically, with lags. Our main findings are the following. A marginal increase in public health care improves welfare as long as it diminishes the mortality rate more than that in private health care. The government can decentralize the social optimum by a parental tax on newborns and a Pigouvian tax on pollutants. Private health care should not be taxed.
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spelling Optimal population policy with health care and lethal pollutionOptimal taxationHealth careLethal pollutionEndogenous fertility and mortalityOptimal population policy is examined in the following setup. Families invest in capital, spend on health care and determine their number of children. Firms produce output from labor, capital and pollutants. Pollution increases, but private and public health care decrease mortality dynamically, with lags. Our main findings are the following. A marginal increase in public health care improves welfare as long as it diminishes the mortality rate more than that in private health care. The government can decentralize the social optimum by a parental tax on newborns and a Pigouvian tax on pollutants. Private health care should not be taxed.SpringerRepositório da Universidade de LisboaLehmijoki, UllaPalokangas, Tapio2023-05-04T10:14:17Z20232023-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/27705engLehmijoki, Ulla e Tapio Palokangas (2023). "Optimal population policy with health care and lethal pollution". Portuguese Economic Journal, 22(1):31-47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10258-021-00202-x1617-982X10.1007/s10258-021-00202-xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-05-07T01:31:01Zoai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/27705Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:50:58.075932Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Optimal population policy with health care and lethal pollution
title Optimal population policy with health care and lethal pollution
spellingShingle Optimal population policy with health care and lethal pollution
Lehmijoki, Ulla
Optimal taxation
Health care
Lethal pollution
Endogenous fertility and mortality
title_short Optimal population policy with health care and lethal pollution
title_full Optimal population policy with health care and lethal pollution
title_fullStr Optimal population policy with health care and lethal pollution
title_full_unstemmed Optimal population policy with health care and lethal pollution
title_sort Optimal population policy with health care and lethal pollution
author Lehmijoki, Ulla
author_facet Lehmijoki, Ulla
Palokangas, Tapio
author_role author
author2 Palokangas, Tapio
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Lehmijoki, Ulla
Palokangas, Tapio
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Optimal taxation
Health care
Lethal pollution
Endogenous fertility and mortality
topic Optimal taxation
Health care
Lethal pollution
Endogenous fertility and mortality
description Optimal population policy is examined in the following setup. Families invest in capital, spend on health care and determine their number of children. Firms produce output from labor, capital and pollutants. Pollution increases, but private and public health care decrease mortality dynamically, with lags. Our main findings are the following. A marginal increase in public health care improves welfare as long as it diminishes the mortality rate more than that in private health care. The government can decentralize the social optimum by a parental tax on newborns and a Pigouvian tax on pollutants. Private health care should not be taxed.
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