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Fertility, Female Labor Supply and Family Policy
Fehr, Hans - 2010
The present paper develops a general equilibrium model with overlapping generations and endogenous fertility in order … to analyze the interaction between public policy and household labor supply and fertility decisions. The model …'s benchmark equilibrium reflects the current family policy as well as the differential fertility pattern of educational groups in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139605
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Population Ageing and Inflation with Endogenous Money Creation
Fedotenkov, Igor - 2016
factors such as fertility rates and longevity to prices. We show that lower fertility rates lead to smaller demand for credits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012997077
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The Impact of Family Policy Expenditure on Fertility in Western Europe
Kalwij, Adriaan - 2009
This paper analyzes the impact on fertility of changes in national expenditure for family allowances, maternity and … thus reduce the opportunity cost of children — generates positive fertility responses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014200840
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Stabilizing Pay-as-You-Go Pension Schemes in the Face of Rising Longevity and Falling Fertility : An Application to the Netherlands
Heeringa, Willem; Bovenberg, A. Lans - 2011
Rising longevity and falling fertility threaten the sustainability of pay-as-you-go pension chemes. This paper shows … not generate sufficient additional tax revenues to subsitute for the dearth of human capital caused by falling fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014200843
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The Life-Course Perspective and Social Policies : An Overview of the Issues
Bovenberg, A. Lans - 2009
A number of trends are changing the nature of social risks and increase the importance of human capital, adaptability and flexibility. This paper discusses the usefulness of a lifecourse perspective in developing proactive social policies that better fit the changing life cycles of individuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014212557
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Family Histories and Women's Retirement : The Role of Childbearing and Marital Experiences
Damman, Marleen; Henkens, Kene; Kalmijn, Matthijs - 2014
Although from a life course perspective women’s retirement timing can be expected to be related to family events earlier in life, such as childbirth and divorce, empirical insights into these relationships are limited. Drawing on three-wave panel data, collected in 2001, 2006-2007, and 2011...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014143714
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Fertility and Mortality in a Neoclassical Growth Model
Mierau, Jochen O.; Turnovsky, Stephen J. - 2011
We develop and study a neoclassical growth model with a realistic demographic structure. Our model complements recent developments in the overlapping generations (OLG) literature by highlighting the natural link that exists between different classes of macrodynamic models. Within the model we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014186366
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Opportunities for Improving Pension Wealth Decumulation in the Netherlands
Brown, Jeffrey R. - 2011
This paper examines policies for the decumulation of pension wealth in the Netherlands. It suggests a design framework based on economic theory and international evidence. The central message is that a well-designed pension system has an important – although certainly not exclusive – role...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128760
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Risk Sharing and Individual Lifecycle Investing in Funded Collective Pensions
Ponds, Eduard H.M. - 2011
The paper deals with the question of whether it is possible to combine the insights and recommendations of optimal individual lifecycle investing with the proven gains of defined benefit pension funds. These gains primarily stem from cost efficiency and (intergenerational) risk sharing.We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130547
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Guaranteeing Benefits in Generational Pension Plans
Huang, Xiaohong - 2011
In this paper we analyze the possibilities of intergenerational risk sharing in a generational DB pension fund. In a generational pension plan each generation has their own pension scheme and is subject to discretionary investment, indexation and contribution policies, thereby losing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013132533