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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)...

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Intergenerational transmission of unemployment : evidence for German sons

Mäder, Miriam; Müller, Steffen; Riphahn, Regina T.; … - 2014

This paper studies the association between the unemployment experience of fathers and their sons. Based on German survey data that cover the last decades we find significant positive correlations. Using instrumental variables estimation and the Gottschalk (1996) method we investigate to what...

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Labor force transitions of older married couples in Germany

Blau, David; Riphahn, Regina T. - 1998

This study investigates the labor force behavior of older married couples in Germany. Monthly observations from the first eleven waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) are used to describe and analyze the relationship between the labor force behavior of husbands and wives. The...

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The savings behavior of temporary and permanent migrants in Germany

Bauer, Thomas K. (contributor); Sinning, Mathias (contributor) - 2005

This paper examines the relative savings position of migrant households in West Germany, paying particular attention to …), our findings reveal significant differences in the savings rates between foreign-born and German-born individuals. These … the determinants of immigrants' savings rates reveal that intended return migration does not only affect remittances, but …

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Who gets vaccinated? : cognitive and non-cognitive predictors of individual behavior in pandemics

Andor, Mark Andreas; Bauer, Thomas K.; Eßer, Jana; … - 2023

This study investigates the different cognitive and non-cognitive characteristics associated with individuals' willingness to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and their actual vaccination status. Our empirical analysis is based on data obtained from three survey waves of about 2,000 individuals...

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Financial incentives and the timing of retirement : evidence from Switzerland

Hanel, Barbara (contributor); Riphahn, Regina T. (contributor) - 2006

We use reforms in the Swiss public retirement system to identify the responsiveness of retirement timing to financial incentives. A permanent reduction of retirement benefits by 3.4 percent induces more than 70 percent of females to postpone their retirement. The responsiveness of male workers,...

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Expanding schooling opportunities for 4-year-olds

Leuven, Edwin; Lindahl, Mikael; Oosterbeek, Hessel; … - In: Economics of education review 29 (2010) 3, pp. 319-328

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Wage effects of an extra year of basic vocational education

Oosterbeek, Hessel; Webbink, Herman Dinand - In: Economics of education review 26 (2007) 4, pp. 408-419

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Expanding schooling opportunities for 4-year-olds

Leuven, Edwin; Lindahl, Mikael; Oosterbeek, Hessel; … - 2006

This study presents quasi-experimental estimates of the effect of expanding early schooling enrollment possibilities on early achievement. It exploits two features of the school system in Holland. The first is rolling admissions; children are allowed start school immediately after their 4th...

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Why did the Netherlands develop so early? : the legacy of the Brethren of the Common Life

Akçomak, İbrahim Semih; Webbink, Herman Dinand; Weel, … - 2013

This research provides an explanation for high literacy, economic growth and societal developments in the Netherlands in the period before the Dutch Republic. We establish a link between the Brethren of the Common Life (BCL), a religious community founded by Geert Groote in the city of Deventer...

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