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A nudge to quit? : the effect of a change in pension information on annuitization, labour supply, and retirement choices among older workers

Hagen, Johannes; Hallberg, Daniel; Sjögren Lindquist, … - 2021

We study the effects of two exogenous modificationsin the Swedish pension system application formnudgingindividuals …

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A nudge to quit? The effect of a change in pension information on annuitization, labor supply and retirement choices among older workers

Hagen, Johannes; Hallberg, Daniel; Sjögren Lindquist, … - 2018

relevant context where the use of nudge is widespread; retirement. Specifically, we find that an exogenous application form … change in the Swedish pension system that highlighted a five-year payout on the expense of a life annuity not only increased …

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Short-run health consequences of retirement and pension benefits : evidence from China

Nikolov, Plamen; Adelman, Alan - 2019

This paper examines the impact of the New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS) in China. Exploiting the staggered implementation … introduction of pension benefits on the health status, health behaviors, and healthcare utilization of rural Chinese adults age 60 … adults with access to the pension program experienced significant improvements in several important measures of health …

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Do private household transfers to the elderly respond to public pension benefits? : evidence from rural China

Nikolov, Plamen; Adelman, Alan - 2019 - Current version: April 2019

Aging populations in developing countries have spurred the introduction of public pension programs to preserve the …-in-difference-in-differences (DDD) approach how a new pension program impacts inter vivos transfers. We show that pension benefits lower the propensity …

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Calling older workers back to work

Grigoli, Francesco; Koczan, Zsoka; Topalova, Petia - 2021

changes in labor market policies, such as the tax benefit system, and pension reforms. Urbanization and the increasing role of …

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Inequality and occupational change in times of Revolution : the Tunisian perspective

Marouani, Mohamed Ali; Phuong Minh Le - 2022

The public sector plays a large role in many developing economies, but its effect on earnings inequality dynamics has not been widely studied. In this paper, we investigate the earnings inequality trends and their determinants in the decades before and after the Tunisian Revolution, focusing on...

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Worker stress and performance pay : German survey evidence

Baktash, Mehrzad B.; Heywood, John S.; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2021

While performance pay can benefit firms and workers by increasing productivity and wages, it has also been associated with a deterioration of worker health. The transmission mechanisms for this deterioration remain in doubt. We examine the hypothesis that increased stress is one transmission...

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Unions, worker participation and worker well-being

Artz, Benjamin; Heywood, John S. - 2020

This chapter focuses on the lessons learned from four decades of studying the relationship between unions and job satisfaction. We discuss the original paradox that started the literature and trace the on-going debate over results that differ by sample and by estimation technique. We emphasize...

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Firm size and union threat effects across genders : evidence from NLSY79

Wunnava, Phanindra V. - 2017

It is evident that both male and female workers in medium/larger establishments receive not only higher wages but also have a higher probability of participating in benefit programs than those in smaller establishments. This reinforces the well-documented 'size' effect. Further, the firm size...

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Labour market institutions in small Pacific island countries : main guidelines for labour market reforms

Malo Ocaña, Miguel Angel - 2017

This report consists of a comprehensive overview of labour market institutions in the small Pacific island countries in order to propose recommendations to improve the performance of their labour markets. We pay particular attention to three countries: Fiji, Palau and Papua New Guinea. We focus...

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