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When the State Mirrors the Family : The Design of Pension Systems

Galasso, Vincenzo; Profeta, Paola - 2021

families featuring either weak or strong internal ties. When pensions systems are initially introduced, in society with strong …

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The Politics of Aging and Retirement : Evidence from Swiss Referenda

Bello, Piera - 2018

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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Is Social Security Secure with NDC?

Boeri, Tito - 2010

The introduction of NDC public pension scheme in few European countries, such as Latvia, Sweden, Italy, and Poland, in the nineties was motivated, among other things, by the need (i) to ensure the long term financial sustainability of the public pension system by linking pension returns to...

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Old Before Their Time : The Role of Employers in Retirement Decisions

Bello, Piera - 2016

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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What Explains Fertility? Evidence from Italian Pension Reforms

Billari, Francesco C.; Galasso, Vincenzo - 2021

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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What Explains Fertility? Evidence from Italian Pension Reforms

Billari, Francesco C.; Galasso, Vincenzo - CESifo - 2009

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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When the State Mirrors the Family: The Design of Pension Systems

Galasso, Vincenzo; Profeta, Paola - CESifo - 2010

families featuring either weak or strong internal ties. When pensions systems are initially introduced, in society with strong …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671713

The Savings Behavior of Temporary and Permanent Migrants in Germany

Bauer, Thomas K.; Sinning, Mathias - 2021

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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Early Retirement and Social Security: A Long Term Perspective

Conde-Ruiz, J. Ignacio; Galasso, Vincenzo; Profeta, Paola - CESifo - 2005

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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Bauer, Thomas K. - 2011

German universities are regarded as being under-financed, inefficient, and performing below average if compared to universities in other European countries and the US. Starting in the 1990s, several German federal states implemented reforms to improve this situation. An important part of these...

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