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The effect of age-targeted tax credits on retirement behavior

Laun, Lisa - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2012

This paper analyzes the effect of two age-targeted policy initiatives to delay retirement that were simultaneously … year of birth while the social security system is governed by age retirement,i.e., the day of birth, in analyzing the …

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The role of early-life conditions in the cognitive decline due to adverse events later in life

den Berg, Gerard J. van; Deeg, Dorly J.H.; Lindeboom, … - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2010

Serious life events, such as the loss of a relative or the onset of a chronic condition may influence cognitive functioning. We examine whether the cognitive impact of such events is stronger if conditions very early in life were adverse, using Dutch longitudinal data of older persons. We...

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Early retirement and post retirement health

Hallberg, Daniel; Johansson, Per; Josephson, Malin - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2014

This paper studies empirically the consequences of retirement on health. We make use of a targeted retirement offer to … army employees 55 years of age or older. Before the offer was implemented in the Swedish defense, the normal retirement age … for a reduction in both mortality and in inpatient care as a consequence of the early retirement offer. Increasing the …

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Can adult education delay retirement from the labour market?

de Luna, Xavier; Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2010

In this paper, we examine whether adult education delays retirement and increases labour force participation among the … indicate no effects of adult education on the timing of retirement. …

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Economic fluctuations and retirement of older employees

Hallberg, Daniel - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2008

This paper studies the way in which labor market fluctuations affect the transition to early retirement among older … industry employment increases (decreases) the probability of early retirement. This result is driven by the public sector; in … after early retirement are higher during declining as well as expanding industry employment. The results support an …

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An econometric analysis of the mental-health effects of major events in the life of older individuals

Lindeboom, Maarten; Portrait, France; van den Berg, Gerard - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2002

Major events in the life of an older individual, such as retirement, a significant decrease in income, death of the …

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The economics of grief

den Berg, Gerard J. van; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2012

We study the short-run and long-run economic impact of one of the largest losses that an individual can face; the death of a child. We utilize unique merged registers on the entire Swedish population, combining information on the date and cause of death with parents' labour market outcomes, health...

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Pathways to retirement and the role of financial incentives in Sweden

Johansson, Per; Laun, Lisa; Palme, Mårten - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2014

We study how economic incentives affect labor force exit through different income security programs, old-age pensions as well as income taxes in Sweden. We use the option value for staying in the labor force as a measure of economic incentives and estimate an econometric model for the choice of...

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Evaluation of the Swedish earned income tax credit

Edmark, Karin; Liang, Che-Yuan; Mörk, Eva; Selin, Håkan - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2012

Over the last twenty years we have seen an increasing use of in-work tax subsidies to encourage labor supply among low-income groups. In Sweden, a non-targeted earned income tax credit was introduced in 2007, and was reinforced in 2008, 2009 and 2010. The stated motive of the reform was to boost...

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Income support systems, labor market policies and labor supply: the German experience

Caliendo, Marco - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2009

. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and …

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