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We set up an overlapping generations model with endogenous fertility to study pensions policies in an ageing economy. We show that an increasing life expectancy may not be detrimental for the economy or the pension system itself. On the other hand, conventional policy measures, such as...
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We analyze the consumption and wealth inequality in an OLG model with mandatory pension systems. Our framework features within cohort heterogeneity of endowments and heterogeneity of preferences. We allow for population aging and gradual decline in TFP growth. We show four main results. First,...
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This paper presents an overlapping generations model to explain why humans live in families rather than in other pair groupings. Since most non-human species are not familial, something special must be behind the family. It is shown that the two necessary features that explain the origin of the...
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model with idiosyncratic labor income risk. In our model economy, even a moderate earnings testing reduces individuals …
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national security as of March 2022. Fourth, firm-level risk perceptions skewed heavily to the downside in spring 2020 but …
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In this paper, we develop and numerically solve a model of idiosyncratic labour income and idiosyncratic interest rates to predict the evolution of a wealth distribution over time. Stochastic labour income follows a deterministic growth trend and it fluctuates between a wage and unemployment...
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producing human capital.We also demonstrate that this attenuation effect tends to concentrate generational consumption risk … into an i.i.d. generational consumption shock. In other words, each generation bears all of the risk associated with their …
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We study workers' idiosyncratic earnings risk over the life-cycle using a German administrative data set. Positive and … incomplete markets model. Moreover, age-varying risk implies a linear increase in consumption inequality late in working life …
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In this paper, we empirically assess the causal relationship between trade and individual income risk and study the … from 1976 to 2012. Our estimates suggest substantial heterogeneity in labor income risk across workers in different entry … exports (per worker) are strongly and causally related to income risk: Imports increase risk and exports decrease risk, and …
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heterogeneous income risk, liquid and illiquid assets, price adjustment costs, and in which households differ by their occupation … occupation-specific infection risk and a ZLB policy and study the impact of occupational and aggregate labor supply shocks. We …
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