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private sector would lower the unemployment rate and reduce government costs. …
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document how worker flows between employment, unemployment, and out of the labor force vary by gender and age and contribute to …
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The paper studies the impact from variations in unemployment on retirement among older workers. We integrate … unemployment variations with early retirement programs and other pathways out of the labor force. The paper describes retirement … unemployment on the retirement decision. Unemployment is found highly significant and quantitatively important for the retirement …
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The paper studies the impact from variations in unemployment on retirement among older workers. We integrate … unemployment variations with early retirement programs and other pathways out of the labor force. The paper describes retirement … unemployment on the retirement decision. Unemployment is found highly significant and quantitatively important for the retirement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279345
Precipitated by rapid globalization, rising inequality, population growth, and longevity gains, social protection programs have been on the rise in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the last three decades. However, the introduction of public benefits could displace informal mechanisms...
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Aging populations in developing countries have spurred the introduction of public pension programs to preserve the standard of living for the elderly. The often-overlooked mechanism of intergenerational transfers, however, can dampen these intended policy effects, as adult children who make...
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This paper considers the work to "retirement" transitions of the rural elders in China who reside in seven regions with …
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Over the course of China's economic reforms, a pronounced divergence in the labor force participation patterns of rural and urban elders emerged – rural elders increased their rates of participation while urban elders reduced theirs. In this project, based on the data of the Chinese population...
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We investigate whether a cut in unemployment benefit payout periods affected older workers' labor market transitions … unemployed declined after the reform. These patterns suggest that the reform of unemployment benefits may be one of the reasons …
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retirement among men aged 55-69, and the proportion of workers aged 25-34 working part-year and/or part-time. The latter was an … career and retirement. It has been demonstrated in a series of studies that a large proportion (as many as two-thirds) of … older men - especially those in lower-wage jobs - seek such bridge jobs before retirement. And in many cases these bridge …
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