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Incentives to retire later - a solution to the social security crisis?

Breyer, Friedrich; Kifmann, Mathias - 2001

As one possible solution to the well-known financing crisis of unfunded social security systems, an increase in the retirement age is a popular option. To induce workers to retire later, it has been proposed to strengthen the link between retirement age and benefit level. The present paper is...

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Gender Identity and Women's Supply of Labor and Non-Market Work : Panel Data Evidence for Germany

Wieber, Anna - 2015

Germany. They found that women who would earn more than their husbands distort their labor market outcome in order not to … labor supply of full time working women, but only in Western Germany. We also show that gender identity affects the supply … a higher income than their husbands, we find for Germany that women only barely reduce their weekly hours of non …

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Why funding is not a solution to the "social security crisis"

Breyer, Friedrich - 2001

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Universal Child Care, Maternal Employment, and Children's Long-Run Outcomes : Evidence from the U.S. Lanham Act of 1940

Herbst, Chris M. - 2014

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the Lanham Act of 1940, a heavily-subsidized and universal child care program that was administered throughout the U.S. during World War II. I begin by estimating the impact of the Lanham Act on maternal employment using 1940 and 1950 Census data...

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Child Care Subsidies, Maternal Well-Being, and Child-Parent Interactions : Evidence from Three Nationally Representative Datasets

Herbst, Chris M. - 2012

A complete account of the U.S. child care subsidy system requires an understanding of its implications for both parental and child well-being. Although the effects of child care subsidies on maternal employment and child development have been recently studied, many other dimensions of family...

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Child Care Subsidies and Child Development

Herbst, Chris M.; Tekin, Erdal - 2021

Child care subsidies are an important part of federal and state efforts to move welfare recipients into employment. One of the criticisms of the current subsidy system, however, is that it overemphasizes work and does little to encourage parents to purchase high-quality child care. Consequently,...

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Business organization theory with an application to organizing a research institute

Albach, Horst - In: Bildung, Beruf, Arbeitsmarkt, (pp. 303-315). 1988

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Aging and international capital flows

Börsch-Supan, Axel; Ludwig, Alexander; Winter, Joachim - 2001

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Savings, Asset Holdings, and Temporary Migration

Dustmann, Christian - 2011

This paper analyzes savings and asset holdings of immigrants in relation to their return plans. We argue that savings and asset accumulation may be affected by return plans of immigrants. Further, the way savings and assets are held in the home- and host country may also be related to future...

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Remittances and Gender : Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence

Holst, Elke - 2011

(SOEP) for the years 2001-2006. Our findings show: first, the fact that foreign women remit less money than foreign men can … reunification in the destination country and decreases remittances. Third, the structure of the existing social network in Germany …

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