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We analyze the impact of changing employment patterns and pension reforms on the future level of public pensions across … pensions across cohorts taking into account changing demographics and recent pension reforms. Simulations show that pension … increasing or stable due to rising labor market participation of younger birth cohorts. -- Public pensions ; cohort effects …
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We provide novel evidence about the incentive and welfare effects of an increase in the generosity of disability benefits. Importantly, a unique policy variation in Germany allows us to isolate the income effect of a change in benefit generosity. We leverage this quasi-experimental policy...
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In this paper we exploit a cohort-specific pension reform to estimate the causal labour market effects of changes in the financial incentives to retire. In particular, we analyze the effects of the introduction of cohort-specific deductions for early retirement on female retirement, employment...
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this huge increase on employment, unemployment, disability pensions, and inactivity rates. Our results suggest that the …
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This study analyzes the causal effect of an increase in the retirement age on health. We exploit a sizable cohort-specific pension reform for women using two complementary empirical approaches - a Regression Discontinuity Design and a Difference-in- Differences approach. The analysis is based on...
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Dieses Papier stellt Modellrechnungen zur Entwicklung der Gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung (GRV) vor. Es beruht vorwiegend auf dem MEA-PENSIM Modell des Munich Center of the Economics of Aging (MEA) und ergänzend auf dem PENPRO-Modell des DIW. Das Modell projiziert aus Annahmen und Setzungen in...
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This paper extends the idea of using ex-ante risk measures in a model of precautionary savings by explicitly simulating … specific effects. I find evidence for precautionary savings in response to the uncertainty measures. The results are robust and …. -- Precautionary savings ; health ; employment ; risks …
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The gender wage gap is a persistent labor market phenomenon. Most research focuses on the determinants of these wage differences. We contribute to this literature by exploring a different research question: if wages of women are systematically lower than male wages, what are the distributional...
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Parental leave and subsidized child care are prominent examples of family policies supporting the reconciliation of family life and labor market careers for mothers. In this paper, we combine different empirical strategies to evaluate the employment effects of these policies for mothers in...
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