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Means Testing of Australia's Age Pension: A Numerical Analysis with an OLG Model

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George Kudrna

The Australian government has recently strengthened the age pension means test by raising the income taper and also introduced labour earnings exemptions from the means testing to encourage labour supply of older Australians. This paper assesses economy-wide implications of further hypothetical policy changes to the means testing of the age pension.

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