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Social Security Reforms and the Changing Retirement Behavior in Sweden
Palme, Mårten - 2018
We show how the economic incentives to remain in the labor force induced by Sweden's public old-age pension system and disability insurance program have changed between 1980 and 2015. Based on earnings histories for different hypothetical individuals corresponding to groups by gender and...
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Observations on the Indexation of Old Age Pensions
Summers, Lawrence H. - 1982
This paper examines some positive and normative aspects of the inflation indexation of public and private pensions. The analysis showsthat alternative indexing arrangements may have far less impact on actual patterns of risk bearing than is usually thought to be the case. In so far as inflation...
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Research findings in the economics of aging
Wise, David A. (ed.) - 2010
, and David A. Wise -- Comment / Robert J. Willis -- The impact of employer matching on savings plan participation under …
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Do Older Adults Accurately Forecast Their Social Security Benefits?
Seiter, Grant M.; Slavov, Sita N. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
How accurate are older people's expectations about their future Social Security benefits? Using panel data from the Health and Retirement Study, we compare respondents' observed Social Security claiming ages and benefits with subjective expectations provided during their 50s and early 60s. We...
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To Roth or Not? -- That is the Question
Kotlikoff, Laurence J. - 2008
Do regular 401(k) and IRA accounts offer greater tax benefits than Roth 401(k)s and Roth IRAs? This is a tough question. Regular 401(k)s and IRAs save taxes in the short term; Roth accounts save taxes in the long term. Regular 401(k)s and IRAs are vulnerable to future income tax hikes, but may...
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The (Dis)saving Behavior of the Aged in Japan
Horioka, Charles Y. - 2009
In this paper, I survey the previous literature on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan and then present some … survey data on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan that became available recently. To summarize the main findings of … the case of Japan …
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The Dissaving of the Aged Revisited : The Case of Japan
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2006
In this paper, I survey the previous literature on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan and then present some … survey data on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan that became available recently. To summarize the main findings of … that this model is highly applicable in the case of Japan …
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The economic effects of aging in the United States and Japan
Hurd, Michael D. (ed.); Yashiro, Naohiro (contributor) - 1997
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Aging, Saving, and Public Pensions in Japan
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2007
We analyze the impact of population aging on Japan's household saving rate and on its public pension system and the … impact of that system on Japan's household saving rate and obtain the following results: first, the age structure of Japan …'s population can explain the level of, and past and future trends in, its household saving rate; second, the rapid aging of Japan …
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Social Security and Retirement in Italy
Brugiavini, Agar - 1997
This paper analyzes the incentives provided by the Italian Social Security System (SS) to supply labor. Italy is an interesting example in this context as: (1) fertility rates are very low while life expectancy has improved dramatically over the past decades; (2) the SS Program is extremely...
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