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Cremer, Helmuth - 2008

This paper shows that the combination of habit formation - present consumption creating additional consumption needs in the future - and myopia may explain why some retirees are forced to 'unretire', i.e., unexpectedly return to work. It also shows that when myopia about habit formation leads to...

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Taxing Pensions

Cremer, Helmuth - 2016

There exists a wide variety of tax treatments of pensions across the world. And the reasons for such a range of regimes … pension incomes ought to be taxed specifically. To do this, one has to distinguish between public and private pensions. The … design of public pensions cannot be separated from the one of taxation. Regarding private pensions, the key issue is whether …

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Habit Formation and Labor Supply

Cremer, Helmuth; Donder, Philippe De; Maldonado, Darío; … - CESifo - 2008

This paper shows that the combination of habit formation - present consumption creating additional consumption needs in the future - and myopia may explain why some retirees are forced to ‘unretire’, i.e., unexpectedly return to work. It also shows that when myopia about habit formation...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094153

Fertility, Human Capital Accumulation, and the Pension System

Cremer, Helmuth; Gahvari, Firouz; Pestieau, Pierre - 2021

This paper provides a unified treatment of externalities associated with fertility and human capital accumulation as they relate to pension systems. It considers as overlapping generations model in which every generation consists of high earners and low earners with the proportion of types being...

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Labor Market Effects of Sports and Exercise : Evidence from Canadian Panel Data

Lechner, Michael - 2014

Based on the Canadian National Population Health Survey we estimate the effects of individual sports and exercise on individual labor market outcomes. The data covers the period from 1994 to 2008. It is longitudinal and rich in life-style, health, and physical activity information. Exploiting...

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Uncertain Altruism and Non-Linear Long-Term Care Policies

Canta, Chiara - 2018

We study the design of public long-term care (LTC) insurance when the altruism of informal caregivers is uncertain. We consider non-linear policies where the LTC benefit depends on the level of informal care, which is assumed to be observable while children's altruism is not. The traditional...

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The Effect of Firms' Partial Retirement Policies on the Labour Market Outcomes of Their Employees

Huber, Martin - 2013

In this paper, we assess the impact of firms introducing part-time work schemes for gradual labour market exit of elderly workers on their employees' labour market outcomes. The analysis is based on unique linked employer-employee data that combine high-quality survey and administrative data....

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Heterogeneous Sports Participation and Labour Market Outcomes in England

Lechner, Michael; Downward, Paul M. - 2021

Based on a unique composite dataset measuring heterogeneous sports participation, labour market outcomes and local facilities provision, this paper examines for the first time the association between different types of sports participation on employment and earnings in England. Clear...

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Heterogeneous Sports Participation and Labour Market Outcomes in England

Lechner, Michael; Downward, Paul - CESifo - 2013

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Labor Market Effects of Sports and Exercise: Evidence from Canadian Panel Data

Lechner, Michael; Sari, Nazmi - CESifo - 2014

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