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Flexible Pension Take-up in Social Security
Meijdam, Lex; Adema, Y.; Bonenkamp, J. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2013
pension scheme contains within-cohort redistribution and induces early retirement. Such a Pareto-improving reform entails the …-neutrality that stimulates later retirement further improves such a flexibility reform. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091857
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Family Size, Looming Demographic Changes and the Efficiency of Social Security Reform
van Groezen, Bas; Meijdam, Lex; Leers, T. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000
This paper analyses the eeffects of ageing and child support in a model with endogenous fertility and Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) pensions. First, we show that the endogeneity of fertility makes society vulnerable to both pessimistic beliefs and changes in life expectancy. In particular, we show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091071
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The Future of Retirement and the Pension System : How the Public’s Expectations Vary over Time and across Socio-Economic Groups
van soest, arthur; Bissonnette, L. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2011
purchasing power of old age social security benefits, and the average retirement age ten or twenty years from now. We investigate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092098
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Health and Labor Force Participation of the Elderly in Europe : What do Objective Health Measures Add to the Analysis?
Kalwij, A.S.; Vermeulen, F.M.P. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2006
.The data are drawn from the new Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE).We examine the value added of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091418
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Labour Force Participation of the Elderly in Europe : The Importance of Being Healthy
Kalwij, A.S.; Vermeulen, F.M.P. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2005
are drawn from the new Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE).The empirical analysis shows that health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091842
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Are Pension Savings sufficient? Perceptions and Expectations of American and Dutch Workers
van Dalen, H.P.; Henkens, K.; Hershey, D.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2008
Are retirement savings sufficient to finance a good pension income? This highly uncertain and subjective dimension of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092199
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Does Retirement Kill You? Evidence from Early Retirement Windows
Coe, N.B.; Lindeboom, M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2008
The effect that health has on the retirement decision has long been studied. We examine the reverse relationship …, whether retirement has a direct impact on later-life health. To identify the causal relationship, we use early retirement … window offers to instrument for retirement. We find no negative effects of early retirement on men’s health, and if anything …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092471
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A Collective Retirement Model : Identification and Estimation in the Presence of Externalities
Michaud, P.C.; Vermeulen, F.M.P. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2004
five waves of the Health and Retirement Study.We also provide model simulations for two widely discussed reform proposals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092793
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The Graying of the Median Voter
Hollanders, D.A.; Koster, F. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2012
Abstract: Analyzing 30 OECD-countries in 1980-2005, this paper documents the effect of an aging electorate on pension expenditure. The first outcome is that an increase in the age of the median voter leads to less generous pension benefits. The second outcome is that an older median voter is not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091705
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Dilemmas Of Downsizing During the Great Recession : Crisis Strategies of European Employers
van Dalen, H.P.; Henkens, K. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2013
threats by offering short-time work, and by early retirement packages to older workers, in conjunction with buy-outs. The … retirement and buy-outs when downsizing, followed by working time reductions. Wage reductions and administrative dismissal are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091347