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Taking back control? : quasi-experimental evidence on the impact of retirement on locus of control
Clark, Andrew E.; Zhu, Rong - 2023
We use nationally representative panel data from Australia to consider the impact of retirement on individual locus of … causality via cohort-specific eligibility age for the Australian Age Pension. We show that retirement leads to increased … effects of retirement on health and subjective well-being, respectively. The impact of retirement on control beliefs varies …
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Does high involvement management make you work longer? : insights from linked survey and register data
Böckerman, Petri; Bryson, Alex; Ilmakunnas, Ilari; … - 2024
employers' use of high involvement management (HIM) practices may influence workers' retirement intentions. Using linked survey …-provided training lead to intentions to retire later among those who are close to the official retirement age in Finland. …
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Pension rules and labour market mobility
Lammers, Marloes; Bloemen, Hans G.; Hochgürtel, Stefan - 2017
This paper makes use of a natural experiment to examine effects of potential capital losses and general attractiveness of pension schemes on employees' propensity to change jobs. On January 1st 2004, the two largest pension funds in the Netherlands, for civil servants and for the health care...
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Locus of control and savings
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; New, Sonja C. de; Sinning, Mathias - 2013
This paper analyzes the relationship between individuals' locus of control and their savings behavior, i.e. wealth accumulation, savings rates, and portfolio choices. Locus of control is a psychological concept that captures individuals' beliefs about the controllability of life events and is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010228778
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Bouncing back from health shocks : locus of control, labor supply, and mortality
Schurer, Stefanie - 2014
Policy-makers worldwide are embarking on school programmes aimed at boosting students' resilience. One facet of resilience is a belief about cause and effect in life, locus of control. I test whether positive control beliefs work as a psychological buffer against health shocks in adulthood. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010358772
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The impact of education on personality : evidence from a German high school reform
Dahmann, Sarah; Anger, Silke - 2014
This paper investigates the short-term effects of a reduction in the length of high school on students' personality traits using a school reform carried out at the state level in Germany as a quasi-natural experiment. Starting in 2001, academic-track high school (Gymnasium) was reduced from nine...
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Exploring the role of fathers in non-cognitive skill development over the lifecourse
Elkins, Rosemary; Schurer, Stefanie - 2018
Internal locus of control (LOC) is a highly beneficial non-cognitive skill, yet its long-term formation process remains poorly understood. Using British cohort data, we examine the role that fathers play in LOC maturation from childhood into middle age; a machine-learning algorithm is used to...
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Opt out or top up? : voluntary healthcare insurance and the public vs. private substitution
Fabbri, Daniele; Monfardini, Chiara - 2011
We investigate whether people enrolled into voluntary health insurance (VHI) substitute public consumption with private (opt out) or just enlarge their private consumption, without reducing reliance upon public provisions (top up). We study the case of Italy, where a mixed insurance system is in...
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Does ICT investment spur or hamper offshoring? : empirical evidence from microdata
Benfratello, Luigi; Razzolini, Tiziano; Sembenelli, … - 2015
We provide evidence on the effect of ICT investment on the propensity to offshore for a sample of Italian manufacturing firms. To deal with the endogeneity of ICT investment we adopt an innovative identification strategy based on the availability of local broad band facilities. Contrary to...
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Financial literacy and preparation for retirement
Nolan, Anne; Doorley, Karina - 2019
assume responsibility for a greater share of their future retirement saving and health and long-term care costs. Financial … financial literacy is an important determinant of financial protection in the older pre-retirement population in Ireland. Using … with higher total household wealth, lower financial stress and higher expected retirement income. We find little evidence …
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