Type de document/Document Type	Thèse/Dissertation
Auteur/Author	Sommacal, Alessandro
URN	BelnUcetd-09012008-153959
Langue/Language	Anglais/English
Titre/Title	Essays on pension systems, inequality, human capital and growth
Intitulé du diplôme/Degree	ECON 3 - Doctorat en sciences économiques
Département/Department	ESPO/ECON - Département des sciences économiques
Jury/Advisors	Nom Titre Heylen, Freddy Membre du jury/Committee Member Hindriks, Jean Membre du jury/Committee Member Ravn, Morten Membre du jury/Committee Member Sneessens, Henri Membre du jury/Committee Member Bodart, Vincent Président du jury/Committee Chair de la Croix, David Promoteur/Director
Mots-clés/Keywords	Pension systems Inequality Human capital
Date de défense/Defense Date	2008-09-08
Résumé/Abstract This thesis is a collection of essays. We explore three topics. First we analyse the effects of pension systems on intragenerational redistribution. Then we focus our attention on the relationships between life expectancy, inequality and growth. Finally we study the implications of introducing child care in the human capital production function for the assessment of the effects of labor income taxation on growth. The methodology used in this research relies on a balanced mix of theoretical analysis and computational experiments. All the work is developed within the Overlapping Generations (OLG) framework.