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Institutional reforms and an incredible rise in old age employment
Riphahn, Regina T.; Schrader, Rebecca - 2018
behind the recent incredible rise in old age employment in Germany. …
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Reforms of an early retirement pathway in Germany and their labor market effects
Riphahn, Regina T.; Schrader, Rebecca - 2021
We investigate the unemployment pathway to retirement in Germany and study the causal effects of two early retirement reforms. Reform 1 (NRA) increased normal retirement age stepwise from 60 to 65. Simultaneously, it became possible to use early retirement with benefit discounts. Reform 2 (ERA)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012697080
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Labor market effects of sports and exercise : evidence from Canadian panel data
Lechner, Michael; Sari, Nazmi - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010250155
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Permanent wage cost subsidies for older workers : an effective tool for increasing working time and postponing early retirement?
Albanese, Andrea; Cockx, Bart - 2015
In several OECD countries age-targeted wage subsidies have been introduced to increase the employment of older workers … on the employment rate, working time and hourly wage. We estimate these effects by integrating Inverse Probability … small positive short-run impacts on working time and larger ones on the employment rate, but only for employees at high risk …
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Working time reductions at the end of the career : do they prolong the time spent in employment?
Albanese, Andrea; Cockx, Bart; Thuy, Yannick - 2016
In this paper we study the effects on the survival rate in employment of a scheme that facilitates gradual retirement … (possibly selective) pathways to early retirement. We find that participation in the scheme initially prolongs employment, as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414625
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Are older workers willing to learn?
Ruhose, Jens; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Weilage, Insa - 2020
Adult education can mitigate the productivity decline in aging societies if older workers are willing to learn. We examine a generous partial retirement reform in Germany that led to a massive increase in early retirement. Using county-level administrative data on voluntary education activities,...
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Labor market externalities of pre-retirement employment protection
Chrostek, Pawel; Karbownik, Krzysztof; Myck, Michał - 2024
Using population-level administrative data, we study labor market externalities stemming from age-specific employment … EPL on employment or earnings of either men or women approaching eligibility. Considering separately incumbent workers and … non-employees we find small positive and small negative employment effects for the former and the latter groups …
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Age, wage and productivity
Ours, Jan C. van; Stoeldraijer, Lenny - 2010
Previous empirical studies on the effect of age on productivity and wages find contradicting results. Some studies find that if workers grow older there is an increasing gap between productivity and wages, i.e. wages increase with age while productivity does not or does not increase at the same...
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Too old to work, too young to retire?
Ichino, Andrea; Schwerdt, Guido; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003612649
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The effect of firms' partial retirement policies on the labour market outcomes of their employees
Huber, Martin; Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - 2013 - This version: July 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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009772831