retirement benefits, even marginal income from labour leads to loss of all benefits, thus discouraging part time work. Also there …In this paper we give an overview of labour supply incentives present in the Estonian income support system and how … participate in the labour market, in general. Also the gradual introduction of contribution based and earnings related benefits …

curtailment. While Congress will most probably prevent benefits from being reduced for retirees and those nearing retirement, the …

supply and endogenous retirement. In this environment, the optimal labor tax is hump-shaped in age: insurance benefits of … taxation push for increasing-in-age taxes while rising labor supply elasticities and optimal late retirement of highly … combination of age-dependent linear taxes with increasing-in-age retirement benefits generates welfare gains close to optimal. …

pattern is especially pronounced among the elderly and women and reflects labour supply behaviour in these groups. The policy … for early retirement, old-age pensions and taxes and benefits. …

This paper looks at welfare reforms in Italy and their effects on labour supply. I focus on social security reforms …, which have taken place in the 1990s and on labour market reforms. Old age social security expenditure in Italy is high (14 …% of GDP) and the system has been very generous on early retirement possibilities: the reforms have tried to tackle these …

This paper reviews how income-support systems affect labour force participation in the UK. The UK's approach to social … the private sector, and a unification of the different labour market programmes. …