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Intergenerational Actuarial Fairness When Longevity Increases : Amending the Retirement Age

Bravo, Jorge Miguel; Ayuso, Mercedes; Holzmann, Robert; … - 2021

Continuous longevity improvements and population ageing have led countries to modify national public pension schemes by increasing the standard and early retirement ages in a discretionary, scheduled, or automatic way, and by making it harder for people to retire prematurely. To this end,...

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Philosphers and Economists Can Agree on the Intergenerational Discount Rate and Climate Policy Paths

Nesje, Frikk; Drupp, Moritz A.; Freeman, Mark C.; Groom, Ben - 2022

The estimated values to society from long-term public projects, including climate change mitigation and infrastructure construction, are highly sensitive to the social discount rate (SDR) employed. Governmental guidance on social discounting has predominantly been based on input from expert...

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The Impact of the “Coding Girls” Program on High School Students’ Educational Choices

Basiglio, Stefania; Boca, Daniela Del; Pronzato, Chiara - 2023

female students’ interest in programming and science and encouraging them to consider careers in STEM-related fields … randomized controlled trial. Our results show that Coding Girls had a significant and positive impact on male and female students …’ aspirations to pursue higher education in STEM-related disciplines. The gender stereotypes children are exposed to from a very …

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