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This paper develops and estimates a dynamic model of individuals' and couples' labor supply, savings, and retirement …
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This paper studies the labour force participation dynamics of older couples in the United States. Longitudinal data from the five available waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is used to investigate if the dynamics introduced by considering both spouses? behavior provide additional...
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This paper studies the labour force participation dynamics of older couples in the United States. Longitudinal data from the five available waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is used to investigate if the dynamics introduced by considering both spouses' behavior provide additional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319821
This paper combines income and expenditure with time use data to provide a unique picture of the labour supplies, household production, saving and consumption decisions of two-adult households over a life cycle defined in terms of the presence and ages of children. The study also draws on data...
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This paper provides a two-part empirical analysis on how actuarial reduction rates for early retirement affect current pension payments in Germany and to what extent the existence and the magnitude of these reduction rates influence people s retirement planning. First, by evaluating a large...
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This paper revisits the debate on whether the expansion of the tax-favored saving accounts stimulates savings and helps … generations and find that the policy can have a strong impact on savings, raising the capital stock and output of the economy. The … policy effectively reduces the cost of incremental savings at different points of life-cycle when households would otherwise …
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If individuals are unable or unwilling to borrow, a higher than desired second pillar pension capital may induce people to retire earlier than they would have in the absence of such a scheme. Individuals thus leave the workforce as soon as the retirement income is deemed sufficient and the...
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The risk of labor market, health, and asset-value shocks comprise profound retirement savings challenges for older … consumption, income, or savings behavior. With longitudinal data on mothers and children from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics … find evidence of a decline in consumption, an increase in labor supply, and a decrease retirement savings, though the …
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This report is designed to provide new evidence on retirement patterns in the UK, as part of the Pensions Review, a … facing pensions systems, as pensions are designed to enable households to finance spending in old age when people are no …
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In this paper we compare gender differences in the allocation of time to market work, domestic work, child care, and leisure over the life cycle. Time use profiles for these activity categories are constructed on survey data for three countries: Australia, the UK and Germany. We discuss the...
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