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-specific deductions for early retirement on female retirement, employment and unemployment. For the empirical analysis we use high … document that the pension reform leads to a postponement of retirement, an increase in employment and a shifting in …
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retirement age (ERA). Raising the ERA has the potential to extend contribution periods and to reduce the number of pension … retirement program for women born after 1951, effectively raising the ERA for women by three years. We analyze the effects of … this huge increase on employment, unemployment, disability pensions, and inactivity rates. Our results suggest that the …
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We evaluate the labor market and distributional effects of an increase in the early retirement age (ERA) from 60 to 63 …
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This paper analyzes the impact of a reduction in women's labor supply through retirement on their informal care … regression discontinuity design. We exploit early retirement thresholds for women in the German pension system as instruments for … their retirement decision. We find significant positive effects on informal care provided by women retiring from employment …
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Early retirement options are usually targeted at employees at risk of not reaching their regular retirement age in … particularly negatively affected by the abolition of early retirement options. To measure differences in labor market reactions of … increased the early retirement age for women from 60 to 63 years. Based on a large administrative dataset, we use a regression …
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This study analyzes the causal effect of an increase in the retirement age on health. We exploit a sizable cohort … conclusions. We provide evidence that the increase in the retirement age negatively affects health outcomes as the prevalence of …
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pension deductions for early retirement. Based on a large representative sample of the German workforce (SIAB), we calculate …, unemployment, and partial retirement. The reform reduces financial incentives for early retirement. In line with labor demand … groups mainly offer their older employees the option of staying longer in partial retirement instead of forcing them into …
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We estimate the impact of parental health on adult children’s labor market out- comes. We focus on health shocks which increase care dependency abruptly. Our estimation strategy exploits the variation in the timing of shocks across treated families. Empirical results based on Austrian...
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, retirement and consumption decisions of forward-looking individuals depend, inter alia, on life expectancy and the design of the … full pensionable age generates the largest responses in labor supply and retirement behavior. -- Life Expectancy ; Public … Pension Reform ; Retirement ; Employment ; Life-cycle Models ; Consumption ; Tax and Transfer System …
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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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