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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 …We investigate the responsiveness of individual retirement decisions to changes in financial incentives. A reform … retirement at the previous NRA became possible at a benefit discount. Since the reform affected specific birth cohorts we can …
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in the usual way, and an unconventional one allowing them to qualify for a pension by having children, and investing time …
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This paper presents new evidence on the effects of retirement benefits on labor force participation decisions. The … analysis is based on a mandated rule for employer-provided retirement benefits in Austria that creates discontinuities in the … incentives for workers to delay retirement. We present graphical evidence on labor supply responses and effective financial …
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In this paper, we assess the impact of firms introducing part-time work schemes for gradual labour market exit of … combine high-quality survey and administrative data. Our results suggest that partial or gradual retirement options offered by …
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The present paper quantifies the economic consequences of eliminating the system of income splitting in Germany. We apply a dynamic simulation model with overlapping generations where single and married agents have to decide on labor supply and homework facing income and lifespan risk. The...
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A large fraction of domestically abused women report that their partners interfere with their participation in education and employment. As of yet, mainstream economics has not dealt in any systematic way with this phenomenon and its implications for welfare policy. This paper puts forward a...
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in-kind benefits which reduce the time cost of children. Then we simulate alternative reforms of the tax and the child …
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This study examines if couples time their work hours and how this work timing influences child care demand and the time …, but only for childless couples. Work timing also influences the joint time that is spent on household chores, but the …
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In this study we analyze whether the gender composition of siblings within a family affects the choice of College Major. The question is whether a family environment that is more gender-homogeneous encourages academic choices that are less gender stereotyped. We use the last name and the exact...
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Using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), we make two contributions to the literature on end …
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