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families featuring either weak or strong internal ties. When pensions systems are initially introduced, in society with strong …
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Aging creates financial troubles for PAYG pension systems, since the share of retirees to workers increases. An often advocated policy response is to increase retirement age. Ironically, however, the political support for this policy may actually be hindered by population aging. Using Swiss...
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dualism and pensions …
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Do elderly workers retire early voluntarily, or are they induced (or even forced) by their employees? To establish the relevance of the labor demand component in retirement decisions, we consider a trade liberalization between Switzerland and the EU – the Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA). A...
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predicts lower future pensions to reduce fertility, while the 'old-age security' to increase it. Our empirical analysis … identifies a clear and robust positive effect of less generous future pensions on post-reform fertility. These findings are …
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predicts lower future pensions to reduce fertility, while the “old-age security” to increase it. Our empirical analysis … identifies a clear and robust positive effect of less generous future pensions on post-reform fertility. These findings are …
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families featuring either weak or strong internal ties. When pensions systems are initially introduced, in society with strong …
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This paper examines the relative savings position of migrant households in West Germany, paying particular attention to …), our findings reveal significant differences in the savings rates between foreign-born and German-born individuals. These … the determinants of immigrants' savings rates reveal that intended return migration does not only affect remittances, but …
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This study investigates the different cognitive and non-cognitive characteristics associated with individuals' willingness to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and their actual vaccination status. Our empirical analysis is based on data obtained from three survey waves of about 2,000 individuals...
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We provide a long-term perspective on the individual retirement behaviour and on the future of retirement. In a Markovian political economic theoretical framework, in which incentives to retire early are embedded, we derive a political equilibrium with positive social security contribution rates...
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