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Micro-Simulation of Social Security Reforms in Belgium
Desmet, Raphael; Jousten, Alain; Perelman, Sergio; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
The present paper analyzes the budgetary impact of various Social Security reforms in the Belgian institutional setting. Our approach relies on parameters that were derived in Dellis et alii (2002) using a micro-modeling strategy. Focusing our attention on a hypothetical age cohort, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703764
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Shattered Dreams: The Effects of Changing the Pension System Late in the Game
de Grip, Andries; Lindeboom, Maarten; Montizaan, Raymond - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
retirement expectations of workers nearing retirement age. The reform means that public sector workers born on January 1, 1950 or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005070418
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Effects of Changes in Pensions on the Age of First Benefit Receipt: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Repatriated Ethnic Germans
Puhani, Patrick A.; Tabbert, Falko - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
retirement behavior as low-skilled Germans. The results are consistent with low-skilled workers in Germany being frozen in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143941
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How Sensitive Are Retirement Decisions to Financial Incentives: A Stated Preference Analysis
Voňková, Hana; van Soest, Arthur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We study effects of financial incentives on the retirement age using stated preference data. Dutch survey respondents … were given hypothetical retirement scenarios describing age(s) of (partial and full) retirement and replacement rate(s). A … the income and substitution effects of pensions as a function of the retirement age are substantial and larger than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555358
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Endogenous Indoctrination: Occupational Choice, the Evolution of Beliefs, and the Political Economy of Reform
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Much of the political economy analysis of reform focuses on the conflict of interest between groups that stand to gain or lose from the competing policy proposals. In reality, there is also a lot of disagreement about the working of the policy: in addition to conflicting interests, conflicting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506888
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Why Pay NGOs to Involve the Community?
Burger, Ronelle; Dasgupta, Indraneel; Owens, Trudy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
beneficiary welfare. We provide evidence from the NGO sector in Uganda consistent with our theoretical conclusions. Beneficiaries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959788
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Household Migration and Child Educational Attainment: The Case of Uganda
Ferrone, Lucia; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
matter of concern in the region. We study this issue for Uganda, investigating whether the migration of household members … affects child primary education and in what direction. Using the Uganda National Panel Survey for 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2011 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212566
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A Model of NGO Regulation with an Application to Uganda
Burger, Ronelle; Dasgupta, Indraneel; Owens, Trudy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
these configurations. We apply our analysis to a large sample of NGOs from Uganda, and find regulation to be beneficial in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009403389
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Far Above Rubies: The Association Between Bride Price and Extramarital Sexual Relations in Uganda
Bishai, David; Grossbard, Shoshana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
from a household survey in Uganda are used to test the theoretical prediction that payment of bride price will be …
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The Impact of Education on the Subjective Discount Rate in Ugandan Villages
Bauer, Michal; Chytilová, Julie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Heterogeneity in time discounting may reinforce the existing barriers to save and invest faced by rural populations in developing countries. We elicit a subjective discount rate for a varied sample of Ugandan villagers. In accordance with other studies, we have found the discount rate to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999928