In this paper, we consider how the retirement age as well as a tax financed pension system ought to respond to a change … perfect control over the individuals' labor supply and retirement-decisions, the results show that a decrease in the standard … deviation of life-length leads to an increase in the optimal retirement age and vice versa, if the preferences for “the number …

In this paper, we consider how the hours of work and retirement age ought to respond to a change in the uncertainty of … individuals' labor supply and retirement-decisions, the results show that a decrease in the standard deviation of life …-length leads to an increase in the optimal retirement age and a decrease in the hours of work per period spent working. This result …

How can retirement savings be increased? We explore a unique policy change in the context of the German pension system … these letters on the behavior of individuals. We find an increase in tax-deductible private retirement savings and provide …

The specificities of the workforce with a migrant background are often neglected in studies of retirement. Similarly … systems – with a focus on retirement. The paper argues that such effects are non‐negligible and are likely to have major …

This paper investigates the impact of the public smoking ban which came into effect in Italy on January 2005 on … individual smoking behaviour. Current empirical evidence supports the existence of a negative effect of the Italian ban on … smoking prevalence and consumption in the general population. This is in contrast to what has been found in some other …

of leaving to early retirement. The wage is not affected …

We use instrumental variable methods to investigate whether the impact of parental smoking habits on their children …'s smoking decisions is a causal one. We find evidence of same-sex role models in two-parent households: mothers play a crucial … role in determining their daughters' smoking decisions, while fathers' smoking habits are primarily imitated by their sons …