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Simulating the future of the Swedish baby-boom generations
Klevmarken, N. Anders; Bolin, Kristian; Eklöf, Matias; … - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2007
health status, take up of sickness benefits, retirement, the utilization of health care and social care and the dynamics of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005771040
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The determinants of annuitization: evidence from Sweden
Hagen, Johannes - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2014
This paper uses unique micro data from a Swedish occupational pension plan to study the determinants of annuitization. The data is merged with national administrative data to create a large data set with rich individual background characteristics. The pension can either be withdrawn as a life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272202
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The effect of changes in the replacement rate on partial retirement in Sweden
Glans, Erik - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2008
-time retirement behaviour in Sweden. During the 1980s, older workers had the option of partial retirement with an income replacement … women chose part-time retirement after the reduction in benefit levels in 1981. There was an approximate 4 percentage point … drop in the partial retirement propensity among eligible 60-year old men, and a 5.7 percent drop among women. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419195
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A History of the Swedish Pension System
Hagen, Johannes - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2013
these reforms and discuss their implications for retirement behavior, the general state of the economy and the political …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818670
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Is Early Retirement Encouraged by the Employer? Labor-Demand Effects of Age-Related Collective Fees
Hallberg, Daniel - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2011
objective of this paper is to examine how non-wage costs affect voluntary early retirement. To this end we use a large … variation in collective fee costs across companies to identify employer incentives to encourage early retirement. The results … costs increases retirement by 6 percent. Further, given the wage sum and workforce structure, large firms spend more on non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008873314
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The equal division puzzle – empirical evidence on intergenerational transfers in Sweden
Ohlsson, Henry - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2007
The objective of this paper is to study to what extent parents divide their estates unequally between their children. Unequal sharing of parental transfers is, for example, a necessary condition for theories of altruistic (dynastic) behavior to hold. I use a new data set based on the estate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419177
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Tax Avoidance and Intra-Family Transfers
Nordblom, Katarina; Ohlsson, Henry - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2005
To what extent do people avoid taxes on intra-family transfers (bequests and gifts), and how would integration (unification) of the different transfers taxes affect tax avoidance? These issues are important for families and their welfare, as well as for governments and their possibilities of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419203
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Estate division: Equal sharing as choice, social norm, and legal requirement
Erixson, Oscar; Ohlsson, Henry - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2014
The objective of this essay is to study to what extent parents divide their estates unequally between their children and the determinants of this decision. We use a new dataset based on the estate reports for almost 70,000 Swedish widows, widowers, divorcees and unmarried individuals who died...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818675
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Estate division: Equal sharing as choice, social norm, and legal requirement
Erixson, Oscar; Ohlsson, Henry - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2014
The objective of this essay is to study to what extent parents divide their estates unequally between their children and the determinants of this decision. We use a new dataset based on the estate reports for almost 70,000 Swedish widows, widowers, divorcees and unmarried individuals who died...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818835
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The Effect of Inheritance Receipt on Labor and Capital Income: Evidence from Swedish Panel Data
Elinder, Mikael; Erixson, Oscar; Ohlsson, Henry - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2010
In this paper we study the effects of inheritances on labor and capital income of heirs. We use unique register based Swedish panel data to estimate both short run and medium run responses. The few existing studies have mainly focused on short run responses, using data from the U.S. Models of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565791