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Older Men’s Labor Force Participation in Belgium
Jousten, Alain - 2018
The paper studies the labor market participation of older workers in Belgium over the last 3 decades. It outlines the … changes to the institutional framework of relevance for labor market participation and employment. Drawing on data from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453051
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What Explains Low Old-Age Income? Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
Mitchell, Olivia S.; Clark, Robert L.; Lusardi, Annamaria - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We examine respondents in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to observe how their financial situations unfolded as they aged. We focus on low income older adults and follow them over time to identify the factors associated with having low income at baseline and thereafter. We find that (a)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510599
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The Labor Force Participation of Older Men in Canada
Milligan, Kevin S. - 2018
We explore recent trends in the labour force participation rates of men aged 55-69 in Canada. Following steady declines in participation until the mid-1990s, the participation rates of older men have increased substantially and have reached historically high rates among those aged 65-69. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012452847
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Old-age Labor Force Participation in Germany : What Explains the Trend Reversal among Older Men? And What the Steady Increase among Women?
Börsch-Supan, Axel - 2017
The aim of this paper is to illustrate for Germany the factors that may explain the U-shaped pattern of older men's labor force participation - from a long declining trend that began in the early 1970s to an increasing trend starting from the late 1990s - and at the same time the steady increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453669
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The effect of medical marijuana laws on the health and labor supply of older adults : Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
Nicholas, Lauren Hersch - 2016
Older adults have the highest rates of many health conditions for which medical marijuana may be effective in moderating symptoms and are at elevated risk of reducing labor supply due to poor health. Surprisingly little is known about how this group responds to medical marijuana laws. We provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455992
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Work Capacity and Longer Working Lives in Belgium
Jousten, Alain - 2016
We explore the link between health indicators and employment rates of the population aged 55 or more. Our focus lies on … work capacity as a key determinant of employment. Using cohort mortality information as a proxy for overall health outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456704
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Trends in Social Security Incentives in Belgium
Fraikin, Anne-Lore; Jousten, Alain; Lefebvre, Mathieu - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
In Belgium, a series of social security reforms have been implemented over the years with the overarching goal of … studies the impact of those incentive-based reforms on observed changes in older workers' employment patterns. We investigate …
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Is short-time work a good method to keep unemployment down?
Cahuc, Pierre; Carcillo, Stéphane - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008859026
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Understanding Trends in Alternative Work Arrangements in the United States
Katz, Lawrence F. - 2019
measures of self-employment and 1099 workers from administrative tax data. We also present evidence from Amazon Mechanical Turk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479381
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Self-Employment and Labor Force Participation of Older Males (Revised)
Fuchs, Victor R. - 1980
changes from wage-and-salary to self-employment and changes from working to non-working status. In each two-year transition … approximately four percent of wage-and-salary workers switched to self-employment. They were primarily men who were previously self …-employed or who were in wage-and-salary occupations with characteristics similar to self-employment, e.g., managers and salesmen …
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