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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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Übergangsprobleme der Rentenversicherung bei abnehmender Bevölkerung und Nozicks Theorie der Gerechtigkeit
Breyer, Friedrich - In: Bevölkerung und Wirtschaft, (pp. 389-404). 1990
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Why funding is not a solution to the "social security crisis"
Breyer, Friedrich - 2001
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Channels of Labour Supply Responses of Lone Parents to Changed Work Incentives
Gong, Xiaodong - 2013
In this paper, we investigate the response of female lone parents to two reforms to the welfare system in Australia. We look at changes to both hours and participation and focus on the channels of adjustment, in particular the role of job changes for adjustment in hours. We highlight the...
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The Added Worker Effect and the Discouraged Worker Effect for Married Women in Australia
Gong, Xiaodong - 2010
This paper investigates both the added worker effect (the labour supply responses of women to their partners' job … women in Australia, with the emphasis on the former. We focus on the partnersﾒ involuntary job loss experiences, and analyse … women's labour market activities in the periods before and after their partnersﾒ job loss. By estimating fixed effects …
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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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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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Multidimensional Affluence : Theory and Applications to Germany and the US
Peichl, Andreas - 2011
-being in Germany and the US in 2007 as well as for the US over the period 1989-2007. We find distinct country differences with … the country ranking depending on the measure. While in Germany wealth predominantly contributes to the intensity of …
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Lower and Upper Bounds of Unfair Inequality : Theory and Evidence for Germany and the US
Niehues, Judith - 2011
by comparing Germany and the US based on harmonized micro data. We find significant and robust differences between lower …
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How Do Industries and Firms Respond to Changes in Local Labor Supply?
Dustmann, Christian - 2012
Germany over a 10 years period. We find that, while factor price adjustments are important in the non-tradable sector, labor …
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