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Chapter 13. Social Security and Public Insurance
Börsch-Supan, A.; Härtl, K.; Leite, D.N. - In: Handbook of the economics of population aging : Volume 1, (pp. 781-863). 2016
When the challenges of population aging are being debated, the uncertain future of pension systems is a topic of high priority and large controversy. The aim of this chapter is not to provide a “consensus view” on social security and public insurance in aging populations but to put structure...
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Intergenerational transfers, demographic transition, and altruism : problems in developing Asia
Yoshitaka Koda; Manachaya Uruyos - In: Review of development economics : an essential resource … 22 (2018) 3, pp. 904-927
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Chapter 14 Altruism, exchange or indirect reciprocity: what do the data on family transfers show?
Arrondel, Luc; Masson, André - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 971-1053). 2006
Most models of family transfers consider only two generations and focus on two motives: altruism and exchange. They … transfers, such as strategic altruism, models with endogenous heterogeneous behavioral regimes (Becker, Cigno), and especially … (against altruism) with small compensatory effects of transfers both between and within generations, and (against exchange …
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Chapter 11 The distribution of wealth
Davies, James B.; Shorrocks, Anthony F. - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 1, (pp. 605-675). 2000
This chapter is concerned with the distribution of personal wealth, which usually refers to the material assets that can be sold in the marketpace, although on occasion pension rights are also included. We summarise the available evidence on wealth distribution for a number of countries. This...
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An empirical analysis of retirement behaviour in Spain : partial versus full retirement
Cairo´-Blanco, Isabel - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 1 (2010) 3, pp. 325-356
In several developed countries, the ageing process of the population may pose fiscal risks to the PAYG systems of public pensions. This paper studies the determinants of two forms of accessing retirement in Spain, either partial or full retirement. Our goal is to identify if social security...
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Like father, like son : inheriting and bequeathing
Kunze, Lars - 2012
Empirical evidence suggests that parents who have themselves inherited from their own parents are more likely to leave an estate to their children even after controlling for income, wealth and education. This implies an indirect reciprocal behavior between three generations by transmitting the...
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Intergenerational transfers : public education and pensions with endogenous fertility
Bishnu, Monisankar; Garg, Shresth; Garg, Tishara; Ray, … - In: Journal of economic dynamics & control 153 (2023), pp. 1-22
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Do the Retired Elderly in Europe Decumulate Their Wealth? The Importance of Bequest Motives, Precautionary Saving, Public Pensions, and Homeownership
Horioka, Charles; Ventura, Luigi - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
In this paper, we use micro data on a large number of European countries from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to examine the wealth accumulation (saving) behavior of the retired elderly in Europe. To summarize our main findings, we find that less than half of the...
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Chapter 13 Microeconomic models of family transfers
Laferrère, Anne; Wolff, François-Charles - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 889-969). 2006
mechanisms. Firstly, in the so-called pure altruism model, the parent's utility is augmented by the utility of his child. This … transfer. In a second model, altruism is impure as the parents want the child to behave in a certain way: exchange and …. Tests usually conclude that the income pooling predicted by pure altruism is not observed, but family transfers are also far …
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Reforming the pension system to increase coverage and equity in Colombia
De la Maisonneuve, Christine - 2015
Colombia is one of the most unequal countries in Latin America. The high level of informality in the labour market and many characteristics of the pension system leave many elderly in poverty. Only formal-sector employees earning more than the relatively high minimum wage are covered. Linking...
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