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Private wealth and job exit at older age: a random effects model

Bloemen, Hans G. - 2008

important to include a rich set of observed characteristics in an empirical model for retirement in order to measure the …

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The impact of wealth on job exit rates of elderly workers

Bloemen, Hans G. - 2006

. It is likely that the individual level of wealth will become an increasingly important factor in the retirement decision …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271873

Does the welfare state make older workers unemployable?

Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2009

This paper discusses the specificities of the labor market for older workers. It discusses the implications of those specificities for the effect of labor market institutions on the employability of those workers. It shows that while unemployment benefits indexed backwards and hiring costs are...

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The recent evolution of retirement patterns in Canada

Lefebvre, Pierre; Merrigan, Philip; Michaud, Pierre-Carl - 2011

Using data from three waves of the General Social Survey on retirement and older workers (1994, 2002 and 2007), we … document the evolution of retirement patterns over the last three decades. We combined the analysis of retirement ages of … actual retirees with data on expected retirement ages of current workers to create a longer perspective on changes in …

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Shifting Perspectives in Pensions

Góra, Marek; Palmer, Edward - 2004

This paper addresses the questions of what is an economically efficient pension system, what are the externalities and what are the risks of the four alternative pension systems: financial defined contribution (FDC), notional or non-financial defined contribution (NDC), financial defined benefit...

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"Should I Pay for You or for Myself"? The Optimal Level and Composition of Retirement Benefit Systems

van Praag, Bernard M. S.; Cardoso, Pedro - 2001

Feldstein [1985] posed the questions of what would be the optimal level of retirement benefit, and what would be the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276956

Addressing the legacy costs in an NDC reform: Conceptualization, measurement, financing

Holzmann, Robert; Jousten, Alain - 2010

The paper provides a framework for the conceptualization, definition and estimation of legacy costs that need to be addressed in a reform that transforms an unfunded defined contribution (NDB) scheme into a notional (or non-financial) defined contribution (NDC) scheme. As the new contribution...

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Household Saving and Full Consumption over the Life Cycle

Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - 2001

This paper extends the standard model of life cycle consumption, saving and labor supply in a number of directions. First, it argues that consumption should be defined as expenditure on household production as well as on market goods, that is, we are interested in life cycle profiles of full...

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Gender, time use and public policy over the life cycle

Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - 2005

In this paper we compare gender differences in the allocation of time to market work, domestic work, child care, and leisure over the life cycle. Time use profiles for these activity categories are constructed on survey data for three countries: Australia, the UK and Germany. We discuss the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267563

On the identification of Frisch labor supplies

Donni, Olivier - 2006

This paper examines how Frisch labor supplies, and other structural components of the intertemporal model of labor supply, can be recovered from estimates obtained with the approach developed by Heckman and MaCurdy.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268034

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