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A Collective Retirement Model : Identification and Estimation in the Presence of Externalities

Michaud, P.C.; Vermeulen, F.M.P. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2004

We study the labor supply dynamics of elderly couples by means of a structural collective model.The model allows for general externalities with respect to spouses leisure.Preferences and the intrahousehold bargaining process are identified by using panel data with couples and individuals who...

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Altruism and fairness in a public pension system

van der Heijden, Eline; nelissen, jan; Verbon, H.A.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1995

In this paper it is empirically investigated whether feelings of altruism towards members of other generations and senses of justice have an impact on the individual s evaluation of the public pension system. The data have been obtained from a large-scale survey carried out among a...

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General-Equilibrium Effects of Privatisation : The Missing Piece in Social Security Reform

van Groezen, Bas; Meijdam, Lex; Verbon, H.A.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2002

This paper analyses the effects of reducing unfunded social security in a closed economy that consists of a service sector and a commodity sector.It is shown that if old agents mainly demand labour intensive services, a modest decrease of the pay-as-you-go pension scheme still raises long-run...

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Social Security Reform and Population Ageing in a Two-Sector Growth Model

van Groezen, Bas; Meijdam, Lex; Verbon, H.A.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2002

This paper analyses the effects of reducing unfunded social security and population ageing on economic growth and welfare, both for a small open economy and for a closed economy.The economy consists of a service sector and a commodity sector.Productivity growth only occurs in the latter sector...

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A cross-cultural study of reciprocity, trust and altruism in a gift exchange experiment

van der Heijden, Eline; Lensberg, T. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1998

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Aging and Public Pensions in an Overlapping-Generations Model

Meijdam, Lex; Verbon, H.A.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1995

In this paper decision making on public pensions is modeled within the framework of the well-known two-overlapping-generations general-equilibrium model with rational expectations. The model is used to analyze the effects of aging on the evolution of public pension schemes. Analytical results...

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Central Bank Independence, Centralization of Wage Bargaining, Inflation and Unemployment - Theory and Some Evidence

Cukierman, A.; Lippi, F. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1998

centralization of wage bargaining and of the interaction between those institutional variables, on real wages, unemployment and … decrease in the number of unions) triggers two opposite effects on real wages, unemployment and inflation. It reduces the … competition effect" raises real wages, unemployment and in°ation. But the decrease in the number of unions also strengthens the …

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Structural Reforms and Growth : Product and Labor Market Deregulations

Eijffinger, Sylvester; Rossi, A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2006

The paper focuses on labor and product market deregulations, as fundamental elements in the passage from an investment to an innovation-based economy.The approach undertaken is prominently empirical.After a very brief description of the regulatory levels on the two sides of the Atlantic, we take...

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Worker turnover at the firm level and crowding out of lower educated workers

van Ours, Jan; van den Berg, G.; Gautier, P.A.; Ridder, G. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1998

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Tax Policy and Labor Market Performance

Bovenberg, A.L.Bovenberg - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2003

In exploring the impact of tax policy on labor-market performance, the paper first investigates how tax reform impacts labor supply and equilibrium unemployment in representative agent models.The impact of tax policy on labor market performance depends importantly on various other labor-market...

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