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Flexible retirement e riequilibrium between generations. A proposal for Italy
Salerno, Nicola Carmine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
retirement at standard/pivotal values for age/seniority. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112697
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Early cessation of activity in the labour market: impact of supply and demand factors
Karakaya, Güngör - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
to business closure, redundancy, dismissal, early retirement, etc.), marital status (married/widowed) and health status … cessation) has a significant effect only for Belgium and the Netherlands. However, the impact of this reason on the retirement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836627
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Job Satisfaction of Older Workers as a Factor of Promoting Labour Market Participation in the EU: The Case of Slovenia
Aristovnik, Aleksander; Jaklič, Ksenja - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
job-related factors, can significantly influence the decision to postpone retirement when this decision is in the hands of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261123
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Does Working Longer Make People Healthier and Happier?
Calvo, Esteban - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
: Longitudinal data was drawn from the Health and Retirement Survey and the RAND-HRS data base for more than 6,000 individuals aged … work on mood indicators and mortality. For those forced into retirement (20% of the sample), work is not an alternative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616686
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Modeling with scenarios: technology in north-south development
Chichilnisky, Graciela; Cole, Sam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1978
This article outlines work in progress on a study of technological choice in the context of North-South development. Its main purpose is to describe the methodology being developed in the pilot phase of the study. This is of interest because it links together a number of analytic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837262
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Mutual Funds and Segregated Funds: A Comparison
Palombizio, Ennio A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Mutual Funds are the most common form of investment for the average household. They offer a fair amount of return for a limited amount of risk. Segregated Funds, which are, simply put, mutual funds with additional features, have grown in popularity as of late. It is something of great interest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621847
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Why inferential statistics are inappropriate for development studies and how the same data can be better used
Ballinger, Clint - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The purpose of this paper is twofold: 1) to highlight the widely ignored but fundamental problem of ‘superpopulations’ for the use of inferential statistics in development studies. We do not to dwell on this problem however as it has been sufficiently discussed in older papers by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008923034
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The Decision to Retire: Some Microeconomic Hints
Canegrati, Emanuele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This very brief paper aims to provide some little microeconomic hints in order to explain the early retirement of … benefits are all factors which may contribute to force a worker to retire before he reached the retirement age. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837373
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The impact of institutions on firms’ rejuvenation policies: Early retirement with severance pay versus simple lay-off. A Cross-European Analysis
Fischer, Justina AV; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Early retirement of workers is used by firms as means to rejuvenate their workforces. In principle, workers can either … simply be laid off or can be offered an early retirement option combined with a financial bonus. However, dismissing masses … early retirement with a severance pay at least maintains the semblance of a worker’s voluntary decision. Cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008552803
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The Effect of Pension Generosity on Early Retirement: A Microdata Analysis for Europe from 1967 to 2004.
Fischer, Justina AV; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Using pseudo-panel microdata we show that pension generosity affects early retirement decisions. The changes in the … average replacement rate and decreases in wealth accrual between 1967 and 2004 have caused an increase in early retirement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005031396