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From Bismarck to Beveridge : the other pension reform in Spain
Conde-Ruiz, José Ignacio; González, Clara I. - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 7 (2016) 4, pp. 461-490
age, reducing the replacement rate, or introducing a sustainability factor linking pension to life expectancy. The aim of … Spain but that could have a significant impact if it were fully implemented. This reform, called ‘silent reform’ because it … is imperceptible to citizens in its early stages, basically consists in increasing maximum pensions in line with …
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Introducing an Austrian backpack in Spain
Sousa, João Brogueira de; Díaz-Saavedra, Julián; … - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 13 (2022) 3, pp. 513-556
welfare. It complements the two classical systems of public insurance: pay-as-you-go (PAYG) pensions and unemployment … the new steady state, if we model Spain as an open economy. As a closed economy, there are important general equilibrium …
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An experimental test on dynamic consumption and lump-sum pensions
Fatás, Enrique; Lacomba, Juan A.; Lagos, Francisco; … - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 4 (2013) 4, pp. 393-413
This article examines the potential risks on consumption behavior of lumpsum payments. As a pension, lump-sum payments could be consumed too fast and generate an increase of poverty rates. We experimentally investigate consumption behavior in an inter-temporal decision-making setting. Subjects...
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The effects of the introduction of tax incentives on retirement saving
Ayuso, Juan; Jimeno, Juan F.; Villanueva, Ernesto - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 10 (2019) 3/4, pp. 211-249
We examine the incidence on household consumption of the introduction of tax incentives to retirement saving. First, using data from a panel of tax returns we document that most contributions to pension funds are by older/high-income individuals. Then we use panel data from a consumption survey...
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The continuous sample of working lives : improving its representativeness
Pérez-Salamero González, Juan Manuel; … - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 8 (2017) 1, pp. 43-95
This paper studies the representativeness of the Continuous Sample of Working Lives (CSWL), a set of anonymized microdata containing information on individuals from Spanish Social Security records. We examine several CSWL waves (2005–2013) and show that it is not representative for the...
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The aggregate effects of government income transfers shocks : EU evidence
Párraga Rodríguez, Susana - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 14 (2023) 1, pp. 1-28
(ESCB). The identification strategy consists of a narrative analysis of policy actions in old age pensions reported in the … ESCB dataset. I find that increases in old age pensions have a positive impact on aggregate expenditure components and …
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Echoes of the crises in Spain and US in the Colombian labor market : a differences-in-differences approach
Arango Thomas, Luis Eduardo; Mata, Dolores de la; … - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 6 (2015) 4, pp. 441-477
This paper presents evidence of the effect of the recent phases of the business cycle in Spain and United States …
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Welfare and inequality effects of debt consolidation processes : the case of Spain, 1996–2007
Viegas, Miguel; Ribeiro, Ana Paula - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 6 (2015) 4, pp. 479-496
The Spanish debt consolidation between 1996 and 2007 represents, by its size and duration, an impressive case among the European Union countries. This paper aims at characterizing the Spanish debt consolidation process in order to assess its effects on economic inequality and welfare. For that...
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Fixed income strategies based on the prediction of parameters in the NS model for the Spanish public debt market
Andrada Félix, Julián; Fernandez-Perez, Adrian; … - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 6 (2015) 2, pp. 207-245
Using different econometric models, Diebold and Li (J Econom 130:337-364, 2006) addressed the practical problem of forecasting the yield curve by predicting the factors level, slope and curvature in the Nelson-Siegel framework. This paper has two main aims: on the one hand, to investigate the...
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Split or straight? : evidence of the effects of work schedules on workers' well-being, time use, and productivity
González Chapela, Jorge - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 6 (2015) 2, pp. 153-177
About half of all employees in Spain are on a daytime split work schedule, i.e. they typically work for 5 h in the …
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