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retirement. Having access to flexible work hours was found to be the most consistent predictor of retirement expectations. For …, physical and cognitive job demands, the option to telecommute, and commuting times were also strong predictors of retirement … longevity were less important predictors of retirement.Institutional subscribers to the NBER working paper series, and residents …
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schedules. For many, labor force participation near or after normal retirement age is limited more by a lack of acceptable job …
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evidence from France in the 1930s. In 1936, France departed from the gold standard and implemented mandatory wage increases and …
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We analyze the influence of health and financial incentives on the retirement behavior of older workers in France …, building upon Stock and Wise (1990) option value approach. The model accounts for three main retirement routes: the normal … retirement, disability insurance (DI) and unemployment/preretirement pathways, and is estimated with a combination of …
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Among numerous retirement schemes in France, the Social Security general regime" covers all wage earners from the … but with a downward adjustment of benefits. Our computations show that early" retirement adjustment rules give strong … change in the retirement age induced by the 1983 reform …
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for an increase in the normal retirement age in the US and the years of service for a full benefit in France …After presenting the Gruber-Wise analysis showing a strong effect on retirement of implicit taxes from pension rules …, with particular attention to increasing "the retirement age." Calculations are presented showing the decreases in benefits …
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In this article, we estimate the costs of hiring, separation, and retirement of employees for a representative sample …
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Germany experienced an even deeper fall in GDP in the Great Recession than the United States, with little employment loss. Employers' reticence to hire in the preceding expansion, associated in part with a lack of confidence it would last, contributed to an employment shortfall equivalent to 40...
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Alternative work arrangements, defined both by working conditions and by workers' relationship to their employers, are heterogeneous and common in the U.S. This article reviews the literature on workers' preferences over these arrangements, inputs to firms' decision to offer them, and the impact...
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Participation in non-traditional work arrangements has increased dramatically over the last decade, including in settings where new technologies lower the transaction costs of providing labor flexibly. One prominent example of flexible work is the ride-sharing company Uber, which allows drivers...
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