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Natural resources, demand for skills, and schooling choices
Bütikofer, Aline; Dalla-Zuanna, Antonio; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2023
This paper studies the consequences of the buildup of a new economic sector - the Norwegian petroleum industry - on investment in human capital. We assess both short-term and long-term effects for a broad set of educational margins, by comparing individuals in regions exposed to the new sector...
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The role of self-employment in Ireland's older workforce
Nolan, Anne; Barrett, Alan - 2018
labour market career may reflect lower rates of retirement among the self-employed compared to employees, as well as …-employed people at older ages in Ireland results from lower retirement rates among the self-employed and not from transitions from … form of supplementary pension cover than the employed. These lower retirement rates and lower degrees of pension cover …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011881438
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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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Permanent wage cost subsidies for older workers : an effective tool for increasing working time and postponing early retirement?
Albanese, Andrea; Cockx, Bart - 2015
of leaving to early retirement. The wage is not affected. …
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Labor force activity after 60 : recent trends in the Scandinavian countries with Germany as a benchmark
Larsen, Mona; Pedersen, Peder J. - 2015
groups, i.e. people in the first half of the 60s of which many are eligible for early retirement programs and people older … than 65 mostly eligible for social security retirement programs. For these two age groups the actual development in labor … analyzed based on available micro data. Policy reforms and changes in the retirement area have been enacted since the mid-1990s …
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(Lack of) pension knowledge
Barrett, Alan; Mosca, Irene; Whelan, Brendan J. - 2013
people do not know what amount will be paid out on retirement and/or whether the payments will be in the form of lump …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010125872
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Are older workers willing to learn?
Ruhose, Jens; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Weilage, Insa - 2020
examine a generous partial retirement reform in Germany that led to a massive increase in early retirement. Using county …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012242819
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Live longer, work longer : the changing nature of the labour market for older workers in OECD countries
Martin, John P. - 2018
Population ageing poses stark dilemmas for labour markets, social protection systems and cultural norms. It will put strong downward pressure on labour supply, leading to falling real incomes and huge financial pressures on social protection systems unless there is an offsetting increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011855779
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Cultural and ethnic differences in the transitions from work to "eetirement" of rural elders in China's minority regions
Connelly, Rachel; Maurer-Fazio, Margaret - 2015
This paper considers the work to "retirement" transitions of the rural elders in China who reside in seven regions with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336959
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Is work bad for health? : the role of constraint vs choice
Bassanini, Andrea; Caroli, Eve - 2014
This paper reviews the literature on the impact of work on health. We consider work along two dimensions: (i) the intensive margin, i.e. how many hours an individual works and (ii) the extensive margin, i.e. whether an individual is in employment or not, independent of the number of hours...
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