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Chapter 12. Gender Inequality
Ponthieux, Sophie; Meurs, Dominique - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 981-1146). 2015
The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews research on gender inequality in access to...
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Providing Greater Old-Age Security in China
Herd, Richard; Hu, Hu-Wei; Koen, Vincent - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
China’s population is set to age fast, owing to low fertility and rising life expectancy. With ongoing migration of the younger cohorts to urban areas the increase in the old-age dependency ratio will be even more pronounced in rural than in urban areas. Very different pension arrangements...
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Macroeconomic Consequences of Population Aging in the United States: Overview of a National Academy Report
Lee, Ronald D. - In: American Economic Review 104 (2014) 5, pp. 234-39
The US population will age rapidly for several decades and then more slowly, with less aging than most rich nations. Health of the elderly has greatly improved, but disability stagnated after 2000. Retirement age reversed its decline in the mid-1990s and health status leaves ample room for...
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Integrating Retirement Models
Gustman, Alan L.; Steinmeier, Thomas - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
This paper advances the specification and estimation of models of retirement and saving in two earner families. The complications introduced by the interaction of retirement decisions by husbands and wives have led researchers to adopt a number of simplifications to increase the feasibility of...
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Immigration and Inequality
Card, David - In: American Economic Review 99 (2009) 2, pp. 1-21
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The Impact of Changes in Second Pension Pillars on Public Finances in Central and Eastern Europe
Égert, Balázs - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
tax expenditures related to the third voluntary pension pillar and an increase in the share of minimum pensions leads to … finances publiques en Europe centrale et orientale<BR>Cette étude analyse l’impact des changements récents apportés au deuxième … pilier du système de retraite dans trois pays d’Europe centrale et orientale sur le déficit budgétaire et la dette implicite …
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Comparing the Robustness of PAYG Pension Schemes
Fall, Falilou - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
This paper provides a framework for comparing a defined benefit (DB) and a defined contribution (DC) point schemes, which are both pay-as-you go (PAYG) financed. Two stylised PAYG pension schemes are modelled and simulated to compare their robustness to shocks. The same demographic developments...
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Retirement incentives, individual heterogeneity and labor transitions of employed and unemployed workers
García-Pérez, J. Ignacio; Jiménez-Martín, Sergi; … - In: Labour Economics 20 (2013) C, pp. 106-120
In this paper, we analyze the sensitivity of the labor market decisions of workers close to retirement with respect to the incentives created by public regulations. We improve upon the extensive prior literature on the effect of pension incentives on retirement by jointly modeling the...
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On gender and growth: The role of intergenerational health externalities and women's occupational constraints
Agénor, Pierre-Richard; Canuto, Otaviano; Silva, Luiz … - In: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 30 (2014) C, pp. 132-147
This paper studies the growth effects of externalities associated with intergenerational health transmission, health persistence, and access to infrastructure (or lack thereof), which affects women's occupational choices. Following a brief review of the evidence on these issues, a gender-based...
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Women's market work and household status in rural China: Evidence from Jiangsu and Shandong in the late 1990s
MacPhail, Fiona; Dong, Xiao-yuan - In: Feminist Economics 13 (2007) 3-4, pp. 93-124
This paper addresses the question, “does market work improve women's household status in rural China?” using survey data of men and women working in Township and Village Enterprises in rural Jiangsu and Shandong. This paper measures household status by domestic labor time, responsibility for...
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