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I analyze the effects associated with the introduction of the earnings test on older Czech males' labor supply in 1996. Using data from the Labor Force Survey, I apply a difference-in-differences estimator to measure the effect of the policy change in the Czech pension scheme using a sample of...
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LISTE EINIGER WICHTIGER ABKÜRZUNGEN 4 ZUM GELEIT 6 EINFÜHRUNG UND PROBLEMAUFRISS - INTERNATIONALE SOZIALPOLITIK BEDEUTET FÖRDERUNG DER KONVERGENZ DER LEBENSBEDINGUNGEN 7 TEIL A: SOZIALRECHT UND SOZIALPOLITIK DER EU 14 1) ENTWICKLUNGSLINIEN UND GRUNDPRINZIPIEN DER EUROPÄISCHEN SOZIALPOLITIK...
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biographies through sabbaticals, smoothing into early retirement, educational leave, palliative leave, part-time jobs or temporary …
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population towards older, less participating groups - a consequence of the baby-boom generation approaching retirement and the …
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supply in the Baltic countries respond to changes in minimum wages, unemployment benefits and retirement regulation? Do the …. Participation, in turn, has been shaped by sometimes complicated interaction between educational choices, retirement, policy changes …
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continue to work beyond a certain age by reducing the present discounted value of future retirement benefits. In discussions on … the effectiveness of policies aimed at eliminating this age-dependency in worker retirement decisions, it is often assumed ….S. pension scheme, that discounting plays a crucial role, since the formula for the present discounted value of future retirement …
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The main objective of this paper is to go deeper into the “annuity puzzle” by introducing the altruistic and strategic bequest motive and determining whether this really is a relevant factor affecting the theoretical decision to purchase life annuities. With this end in view we develop an...
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We examine the role of changing mortality in explaining the rise of retirement over the course of the 20th century. We … of death. In an environment in which mortality is high, an individual who saved up for retirement would face a high risk …. As mortality falls, however, it becomes optimal to plan, and save for, retirement. We simulate our model using actual …
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There are two aims to this paper: firstly, to provide an objective technical assessment of the current situation of the contributory pension system in Spain and its prospects for the future, and secondly, to look at the issues surrounding the introduction of a system of notional defined...
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This paper will try to explain the “annuities puzzle” in greater depth by introducing the bequest motive, both strategic and altruistic. It will try to determine whether this motive really is a relevant feature influencing the demand for lifetime annuities by married couples. With this aim...
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