pension contributions and expected standard of living in retirement, using microdata from the German Panel on Household … sharing. The empirical results suggest that household bargaining is significantly correlated with individual retirement … household resources amongst each other in retirement. Finally, our data indicate that intracouple information sharing and …

social programs, savings and the labor supplies of all adult household members. The optimal policy mix focuses mainly on … Social Assistance, which provides a permanent universal household income oor, with a minor role for temporary earnings …-related Unemployment Insurance. Reecting that married couples obtain intra-household insurance by making labor supply choices for both …

, savings, and the labor supplies of all adult household members. We show that the optimal policy mix is dominated by moderately … generous social assistance, which guarantees a permanent universal minimum household income, with only a minor role for …

by age, education, wealth, sex and household composition. In aggregate, social assistance dominates unemployment … insurance; however, the opposite holds true for married men, whose leisure time declines more than that of their spouses when …

Research has consistently shown that women's involvement in household decision making positively affects household … outcomes such as nutrition and education of children. Is financial literacy a determinant for women to participate in intra-household … decision making? Using data on savings groups in Rwanda, we examine this relationship and show that women with higher financial …

such as those around retirement should not affect consumption. However, we first recall that given higher leisure …We revisit the alleged retirement consumption puzzle. According to the life-cycle theory, foreseeable income reductions … endowments after retirement, the theory does predict a fall of total market consumption expenditures. In order not to mistake …

effects of early retirement disincentives on retirement behavior, individual welfare, pensions and public budget. We employ … retirement model. We find that labor market participation and retirement behavior in general are strongly influenced by the level …

close to retirement. The age pattern is partly explained by the positive effect of pension wealth on disability pensions …

close to retirement. The age pattern is partly explained by the positive effect of pension wealth on disability pensions …