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Social Security, Labor Supply and Health of Older Workers : Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Large Reform

Saporta Eksten, Itay - 2020

consequences of delaying retirement by those workers. Causal inference relies on a social security reform in Israel that shifted …-margin labor supply elasticities w.r.t. the average net-of-tax rate of about 0.43 for men over 65. Using the reform to instrument … after age 75 and is driven by workers holding blue-collar jobs. Finally, we evaluate the effect of the reform on earnings …

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Retirement Patterns of Couples in Europe

Hospido, Laura - 2014

In this paper we study the retirement patterns of couples in a multi-country setting using data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe. In particular we test whether women's (men's) transitions out of the labor force are directly related to the actual realization of their...

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Did the Intergenerational Solidarity Pact Increase the Employment Rate of Older Workers in Belgium? A Macro-Econometric Evaluation

Dejemeppe, Muriel - 2015

In December 2005, the Belgian government adopted the law on the Intergenerational Solidarity Pact (ISP) aiming at increasing the employment rate of older workers. The main policies of the ISP consist in a pension bonus, reductions in employers' social security contributions and measures...

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Impacts of the Availability of Old-Age Benefits on Exits from the Labour Market

Gałecka-Burdziak, Ewa - 2015

Given human longevity, fertility, health and social developments, workers become inactive relatively early throughout Europe. This partially stems from older workers being pushed out of the labour market and from personal motivation to prefer benefits to wages. We focus on this latter effect and...

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Training and Retirement

Kristensen, Nicolai - 2012

This paper presents results on the effect of formal life-long learning on the decision to retire early. Specifically, I estimate an Option Value model based on individual employer-employee longitudinal data including comprehensive government co-sponsored training records dating back more than 30...

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Portfolio Allocation in the Face of a Means-Tested Public Pension

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2011

Is there evidence that households adjust their asset portfolios just prior to retirement in response to a means-tested public pension? We address this question by estimating a system of asset equations constrained to add up to net worth. We find little evidence that in 2006 healthy households or...

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The Time and Timing Costs of Market Work, and Their Implications for Retirement

Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2007

Retirement ages among older Americans have only recently begun to increase after a precipitous fifty-year decline. Early retirement may result from incentives provided by retirement systems; but it may also result from the rigidities imposed by market work schedules. Using the American Time Use...

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The Labor Supply and Retirement Behavior of China's Older Workers and Elderly in Comparative Perspective

Giles, John - 2011

This paper highlights the employment patterns of China's over-45 population and, for perspective, places them in the context of work and retirement patterns in Indonesia, Korea, the United States, and the United Kingdom. As is common in many developing countries, China can be characterized as...

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How Does Retirement Affect Health?

Behncke, Stefanie - 2010

This paper investigates the effects of retirement on various health outcomes. Data stem from the first three waves of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). With this informative data, non-parametric matching methods can be applied to identify causal effects. It is found that...

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Does Retirement Affect Voluntary Work Provision? Evidence from England, Ireland and the U.S

Eibich, Peter - 2020

Voluntary work is an important contribution for many non-profit organizations, such as charities, political and religious organizations. Older individuals make up a sizable share of the volunteer workforce, and volunteering is often regarded as an example of "active ageing". In this study, we...

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