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Forsell, Charlotte, Hallberg, Daniel, Lindh, Thomas Gustav Öberg Intergenerational public and private sector redistribution in Sweden 2003 Arbetsrapport/Institutet för Framtidsstudier; 2008:4 ISSN: 1652-120X ISBN: 978-91-85619-23-8 Intergenerational public and private sector redistribution in Sweden 2003 Charlotte Forsell, Daniel Hallberg, Thomas Lindh and Gustav Öberg Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm Correspondence: thomas.lindh@framtidsstudier.se 2008-03-26 ABSTRACT We describe intergenerational redistribution in Sweden the year 2003. The high Swedish tax ratio of around 50-60 percent of GDP per capita is partly explained by every individual getting a lot back in terms of transfers and part in government consumption. Another reason is that most transfers are taxed, which results in double counting some tax payments. Here we attempt to correct the age profile of net tax payment for these effects and compare these to the gross profiles. On a per capita basis we find, using this netting, that the mean age of tax payers drops from 55 to 48 and that the taxes paid falls by 23.2 percent. We also look at age profiles of private and public consumption, and net private consumption, i.e., the difference between private disposable income and private consumption. We find that private net redistribution flows mainly from middle and old age to young ages, while net public transfers flow to both young and old. Svensk sammanfattning: Rapporten studerar intergenerationell omfördelning i Sverige för 2003, både den som sker genom offentlig sektor men även genom hushåll. Typiskt för Svenska institutionella förhållanden är dels en hög skattekvot kring 50-60 procent av BNP per capita dels en betydande offentlig konsumtion och transfereringar. Att skattekvoten är hög kan dock även förklaras med betydande dubbelräkning i vissa skattebetalningar genom att många offentliga transfereringar beskattas. Vi beräknar ålderspro