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Optimal social assistance and unemployment insurance in a life-cycle model of family labor supply and savings
Haan, Peter; Prowse, Victoria L. - 2015
social programs, savings and the labor supplies of all adult household members. The optimal policy mix focuses mainly on … and savings decisions of singles and married couples. Partial insurance against wage and employment shocks is provided by … Social Assistance, which provides a permanent universal household income floor, with a minor role for temporary earnings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510507
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Private wealth and job exit at older age : a random effects model/ Hans G. Bloemen
Bloemen, Hans G. (contributor) - 2008
Private wealth holdings are likely to become an increasingly important determinant in the job exit decision of elderly workers. Net wealth may correlate with worker's characteristics that also determine the exit out of a job. It is therefore important to include a rich set of observed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003666470
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Do private household transfers to the elderly respond to public pension benefits? : evidence from rural China
Nikolov, Plamen; Adelman, Alan - 2019
Aging populations in developing countries have spurred the introduction of public pension programs to preserve the standard of living for the elderly. The often-overlooked mechanism of intergenerational transfers, however, can dampen these intended policy effects, as adult children who make...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012062263
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Approaches to estimating the health state dependence of the utility function
Finkelstein, Amy (contributor);  … - 2009
central problems in public finance, including the optimal structure of health insurance and optimal life cycle savings. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793984
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The Frisch elasticity in the Mercosur countries : a pseudo-panel approach
González, Roberto; Sala, Hector - 2011
This paper provides estimates for the Mercosur countries of the Frisch elasticity - i.e., the elasticity of substitution between worked hours and real wages holding constant the marginal utility of wealth. We find a strong heterogeneity, with estimated elasticities ranging from 12.8 in Argentina...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009422476
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Household saving and full consumption over the life cycle
Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - 2001
. First, it argues that consumption should be defined as expenditure on household production as well as on market goods, that … life cycle consumption behaviour are resolved. Secondly, we stress the importance of the heterogeneity of household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401086
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Eliciting individual preferences for pension reform
Fourati, Yosr Abid; O'Donoghue, Cathal - 2009
Pension systems have recently been under scrutiny because of the expected population ageing threatening its sustainability. This paper's contribution to the debate is from a political economic perspective as it uses data from a choice experiment to investigate individual preferences for an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003903202
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How effective are matching schemes in enticing low-income earners to save more for retirement? : evidence from a national scheme
Chan, Marc K.; Polidano, Cain; Vu, Ha; Wilkins, Roger; … - 2020
Concerns over the adequacy of low and middle-income earner contributions to retirement plans have led governments to introduce targeted matching schemes. In this study, we examine the effects of a simple and generous Australian scheme using administrative tax-filer data, exploiting longitudinal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012373119
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Life cycle time allocation and saving in an imperfect capital market
Apps, Patricia (contributor); Rees, Ray (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001937662
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Stable marriage, household consumption and unobserved match quality
Browning, Martin James; Cherchye, Laurens; Demuynck, Thomas - 2021
that allow us to rationalise both the observed matches and the within-household allocations of time and money. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012609236