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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 …
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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 …
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İmrohoroğlu, İmrohoroğlu and Joines [1995, A life-cycle analysis of Social Security, Economic Theory, vol. 6, 83-114] show that the optimal replacement ratio of the pay-as-you-go public pension system in the US economy amounts to 30%. We extend their analysis to a model that 1) replicates...
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This paper considers the quantitative role of growth in the size of the social security program in contributing to the collapse of personal saving in the U.S. over the last few decades. Using a calibrated, general equilibrium life-cycle model this paper shows that social security may not be to...
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Demographic trends in most developed economies are characterized by rising longevity and decreasing birthrates. These trends endanger the sustainability of the current public pension systems. Therefore social security reform proposals are on the agenda in many countries. This paper demonstrates...
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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 …
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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 …
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We study the effects of an annuity market imperfection on individual agents' labour supply and retirement decisions and …
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advocated policy response is to increase retirement age. Ironically, however, the political support for this policy may actually …) from pension reforms referenda, we show in fact that individuals close to retirement tend to oppose policies that postpone … retirement, whereas young and elderly individuals are more favorable. The current process of population aging, and the associated …
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