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Delaying the normal and early retirement ages in Spain: behavioural and welfare consequences for employed and unemployed workers

Sánchez, Alfonso R.; García-Pérez, J. Ignacio; … - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2014

In this paper, we explore the links between pension reform, early retirement, and the use of unemployment as an …

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The effects of employment uncertainty and wealth shocks on the labor supply and claiming behavior of older American workers

Benítez-Silva, Hugo; García-Pérez, J. Ignacio; … - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2011

Unemployment rates in developed countries have recently reached levels not seen in a generation, and workers of all …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147823

Retirement incentives, individual heterogeneity and labour transitions of employed and unemployed workers

García-Pérez, J. Ignacio; Jiménez-Martín, Sergi; … - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2010

incentives on retirement in two ways. First, by modeling the transitions between employment, unemployment and retirement in a … simultaneous manner, paying special attention to the transition from unemployment to retirement (which is particularly important in … strong impact on labour market decisions in Spain. Unemployment regulations are shown to be particularly influential for …

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Reforming the U.S. Social Security system accounting for employment uncertainty

Benítez-Silva, Hugo; García-Pérez, José Ignacio; … - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2014

The discussion about the need for Social Security reforms has recently resurfaced, and is expected to continue to be part of the political agenda in the near future. Our paper is a step in the direction of providing a framework for policy analysis that accounts for employment uncertainty,...

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Assessing the wellbeing of the Spanish elderly

Boldrin, Michele; Jiménez-Martín, Sergi - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2006

In this paper we use a variety of data sources, both micro and macro, time series, cross section, and panel data to provide an empirical evaluation of the current level of economic wellbeing of the Spanish elderly, and of its determinants. We focus, in particular on the role played by the...

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Award errors and permanent disability benefits in Spain

Jiménez-Martín, Sergi; Labeaga, José M.; Prieto, … - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2006

There is a controversial debate about the effects of permanent disability benefits on labor market behavior. In this paper we estimate equations for deserving and receiving disability benefits to evaluate the award error as the difference in the probability of receiving and deserving using...

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Immigration, family responsibilities and the labor supply of skilled native women

Farré, Lídia; Luna, Libertad González; Ortega, Francesc - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2009

This paper investigates the effects of Spain’s large recent immigration wave on the labor supply of highly skilled native women. We hypothesize that female immigration led to an increase in the supply of affordable household services, such as housekeeping and child or elderly care. As a...

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Incomplete markets, labor supply and capital accumulation

Marcet, Albert; Obiols-Homs, Francesc; Weil, Philippe - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2002

In this paper we explore the accumulation of capital in the presence of limited insurance against idiosyncratic shocks, borrowing constraints and endogenous labor supply. As in the exogenous labor supply case (e.g. Aiyagari 1994, Huggett 1997), we find that steady states are characterized with...

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The effects of a universal child benefit

Luna, Libertad González - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2011

I study the impact of a universal child benefit on fertility and family well-being. I exploit the unanticipated introduction of a new, sizeable, unconditional child benefit in Spain in 2007, granted to all mothers giving birth on or after July 1, 2007. The regression discontinuity-type design...

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The effect of divorce laws on divorce rates in Europe

Luna, Libertad González; Viitanen, Tarja K. - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2006

This paper analyzes a panel of 18 European countries spanning from 1950 to 2003 to examine the extent to which the legal reforms leading to “easier divorce” that took place during the second half of the 20th century have contributed to the increase in divorce rates across Europe. We use a...

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