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Mechanics of replacing benefit systems with a basic income : comparative results from a microsimulation approach
Browne, James; Immervoll, Herwig - 2017
the resulting fiscal and distributional effects in a comparative context, undertake a microsimulation study to quantify …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011772173
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Not that basic : how level, design and context matter for the redistributive outcomes of universal basic income
Aerts, Elise; Marx, Ive; Verbist, Gerlinde - 2023
other benefits, including greatly reduced administrative complexity and cost. Using microsimulation analysis in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013546022
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Do mandatory pensions decrease household savings? : evidence for the Netherlands
Euwals, Rob - 2000
income. The goal of this paper is to test for the effect of mandatory pensions on discretionary household savings. The data … pensions have a significant negative impact on savings motives with respect to old age. Concerning the effect on household … occupational pensions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011318591
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Health status, disability and retirement incentives in Belgium
Jousten, Alain; Lefebvre, Mathieu; Perelman, Sergio - 2013
identified: old-age pensions, conventional early retirement, disability insurance, and unemployment insurance are the most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010223618
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Leaving the labor market early in Sweden : learning from international experience
Bengtsson, Mats G.; König, Stefanie; Schönbeck, Simon; … - 2022
It is a challenge for politics that an aging population leads to demands that the retirement age is increasing while not everyone is able to work to such a higher age. Sweden, like other countries, has several options for early exit from the labour market. However, the regulations have become...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013209886
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Integrating social insurance and social assistance programs for the future world of labor
Palacios, Robert J.; Robalino Aguirre, David A. - 2020
Given the prevalence of informal labor, most countries have combined contributory social insurance programs (pensions … equity, and reduce labor market distortions. We illustrate this type of integration with the case of old-age pensions which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012221755
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Working beyond 65 in Ireland
Nolan, Anne; Barrett, Alan - 2018
Extending working lives is often proposed as one route through which the costs associated with population ageing can be managed. In that context, understanding who currently works for longer can help policymakers to design policies to facilitate longer working. In particular, it is important to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011881446
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Public-sector compensation over the life cycle
Gomes, Pedro; Wellschmied, Felix - 2020
The size of the public sector in terms of employment and compensation has a strong life-cycle dimension. We establish a quantitative partial-equilibrium life-cycle model with incomplete markets, private and public sectors, and risk-averse workers, and use it to (i) calculate three dimensions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012184057
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The rising longevity gap by lifetime earnings : distributional implications for the pension system
Haan, Peter; Kemptner, Daniel; Lüthen, Holger - 2017
This study uses German social security records to provide novel evidence about the heterogeneity in life expectancy by lifetime earnings and, additionally, documents the distributional implications of this earnings-related heterogeneity. We find a strong association between lifetime earnings and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011758233
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Public pensions, changing employment patterns, and the impact of pension reforms across birth cohorts : a microsimulation analysis for Germany
Geyer, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - 2010
We analyze the impact of changing employment patterns and pension reforms on the future level of public pensions across …-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) and process-produced microdata from the German pension insurance. A microsimulation model is developed … pensions across cohorts taking into account changing demographics and recent pension reforms. Simulations show that pension …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003942294