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pension and labor market reform. While there is no shortage of reform proposals to address population aging, most of those … focused on pension and labor market reform, little is known about behavioral reactions to such reforms …This paper therefore sheds light on the potential benefits of pension and labor market reform for growth and living …
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This paper deals with the reform to labor market regulation implemented by Chile during the last twenty years. We … concentrate on the reform to job security, on the decentralization of the wage bargaining process, and on the reduction in payroll …' to U.S' levels. We argue that the reduction of payroll taxes (within the context of the social security reform), and the …
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We investigate the regulation of labor markets through employment laws, collective bargaining laws, and social security laws in 85 countries. We find that richer countries regulate labor less than poorer countries do, although they have more generous social security systems. The political power...
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We analyze the way in which social security privatization reform affects labor market outcomes. We develop a model of … side by side. According to our model, a social security reform that reduces the implicit tax on labor in the formal sector …
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hybrid plan. Slightly more than half of those who made an active choice elected the hybrid plan. Post-reform, employees who …, compared to new hires who actively selected a plan. We also find that employees hired following the reform were more likely to …
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We construct a database of public pension policy changes with motivation and implementation information for ten OECD countries. Structural pension reforms, motivated by long-run sustainability concerns, often come with prolonged phase-in periods. In response to pension retrenchments implemented...
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This paper investigates to what extent the 1998 reform of Sweden's public old-age pension system contributed to the … data show that the reform changed the incentives to remain in the labor force ambiguously: although it induced an income … elderly can be attributed to the pension reform …
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A simplified model is constructed to analyze the role played by vocational training programs In high schools. The model assumes that there are two kinds of educational programs in high schools, vocational and general. It also assumes that there are two types of jobs for high school graduates....
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This paper employs MIMIC, an applied general equilibrium model of the Dutch economy, to explore various tax cuts aimed at combating unemployment and raising labor supply. MIMIC combines modern labor-market theories, a firm empirical foundation detailed description of Dutch labor-market...
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The length of time from the implementation of an occupational licensing statute (i.e., licensing duration) may matter in influencing labor market outcomes. Adding to or raising the entry barriers are likely easier once an occupation is established and has gained influence in a political...
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