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There exists a wide variety of tax treatments of pensions across the world. And the reasons for such a range of regimes are not clear. This note reviews the general principles of pension taxes and analyses the theoretical foundations of why pension incomes ought to be taxed specifically. To do...
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There exists a wide variety of tax treatments of pensions across the world. And the reasons for such a range of regimes are not clear. This note reviews the general principles of pension taxes and analyses the theoretical foundations of why pension incomes ought to be taxed specifically. To do...
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We investigate the responsiveness of individual retirement decisions to changes in financial incentives. A reform … increased women's normal retirement age (NRA) in two steps from age 62 to age 63 first and then to age 64. At the same time … retirement at the previous NRA became possible at a benefit discount. Since the reform affected specific birth cohorts we can …
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observed trend towards early retirement. In a world of laissez-faire or of first-best efficiency, there would be no such … variables are not observable, the optimal policy does imply a distortion of the retirement decision. Consequently, the … inducement of early retirement may be part of the optimal tax-transfer policy. We consider a model in which individuals differ in …
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observed trend towards early retirement. In a world of laissez-faire or of first-best efficiency, there would be no such … variables are not observable, the optimal policy does imply a distortion of the retirement decision. Consequently, the … inducement of early retirement may be part of the optimal tax-transfer policy. We consider a model in which individuals differ in …
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participation and benefit receipt. Most of the attention is given to the interaction between retirement behavior and the various … the actual pattern of early and normal retirement of Belgian older workers …
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participation and benefit receipt. Most of the attention is given to the interaction between retirement behavior and the various … the actual pattern of early and normal retirement of Belgian older workers …
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