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Table 3 Distribution of OPPs for the alternative scenarios by income quintiles and home ownership status, 2015

From: From each according to means, to each according to needs? Distributional effects of abolishing asset-based payments for residential care in Austria

Quintiles alternative scenarios

AP (%), residential care users

AP (%), all individuals 65 + 

Share of OPPs paid (replacement of asset-based OPPs), all individuals 65 + _

Component replacing asset-based OPPs

Inheritance tax scenario

  1st quintile

0.1

1.5

2.9

  2nd quintile

 < 0.1

0.6

2.1

  3rd quintile

8.1

4.6

39.5

  4th quintile

4.4

1.5

23.5

  5th quintile

3.3

1.4

32.0

Social insurance scenario

  1st quintile

1.6

1.8

9.0

  2nd quintile

1.6

1.8

14.8

  3rd quintile

1.7

1.8

18.6

  4th quintile

1.6

1.8

22.4

  5th quintile

1.6

1.8

35.2

Home-ownership

Inheritance tax scenario

  Non-homeowner

1.9

1.2

31.4

  Homeowner

6.0

2.8

68.6

Social insurance scenario

  Non-homeowner

1.6

1.8

53.1

  Homeowner

1.7

1.8

46.9

  1. Own calculations from the simulation model applied to 65 + Austrian sample of SHARE (2015). N = 2221