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In a small moment : class size and moral hazard in the Mezzogiorno

Angrist, Joshua D.; Battistin, Erich; Vuri, Daniela - 2015

An instrumental variables (IV) identification strategy that exploits statutory class size caps shows significant achievement gains in smaller classes in Italian primary schools. Gains from small classes are driven mainly by schools in Southern Italy, suggesting a substantial return to class size...

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"Relabelling" of individual early retirement pension in Finland : application and behavioural responses using Finnish register data

Kanabar, Ricky; Nivalainen, Satu; Järnefelt, Noora - 2023

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The effect of increasing the state pension age to 66 on labour market activity

Cribb, Jonathan; Emmerson, Carl; O'Brien, Laurence - 2022

We study the effect of an increase in the UK state pension age from 65 to 66, a high level internationally, on labour market activity. Despite there being limited financial incentives to retire at the state pension age, we find large effects: the employment rate of 65-year-olds increased by 7.4...

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The effect of pension wealth on employment

Becker, Sebastian; Buslei, Hermann; Geyer, Johannes; … - 2023

close to retirement. The age pattern is partly explained by the positive effect of pension wealth on disability pensions …

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Worktime regulations and spousal labor supply

Goux, Dominique; Maurin, Eric; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2013

substantial leisure complementarity, and specifically cut the non-usual component of their workweek, leaving usual hours unchanged …

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School performance, score inflation and economic geography

Battistin, Erich; Neri, Lorenzo - 2017

We show that grading standards for primary school exams in England have triggered an inflation of quality indicators in the national performance tables for almost two decades. The cumulative effects have resulted in significant differences in the quality signaled to parents for otherwise...

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Public pensions and the strategic timing of formal employment

Cossío, Diego Alejandro Vera; Bosch, Mariano; Leganza, … - 2025

in Ecuador. We first use administrative data to document and unpack retirement spikes at eligibility ages. Next, we use …

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Social pensions and intimate partner violence against older women

Bellés-Obrero, Cristina; La Mattina, Giulia; Ye, Han - 2025

The prevalence and determinants of intimate partner violence (IPV) among older women are severely understudied. This paper documents that the incidence of IPV remains high at old ages and provides the first evidence of the impact of access to income on IPV for older women. We leverage a Mexican...

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Optimal stopping time, consumption, labour, and portfolio decision for a pension scheme

Menoncin, Francesco; Vergalli, Sergio - 2019

his consumption and leisure by choosing: (i) the optimal inter-temporal consumption, (ii) the optimal inter …-temporal labour supply, (iii) the optimal share of wealth to invest in a risky asset, and (iv) the optimal retirement age. The wage of … after retirement he received a utility that is proportional to the remaining human capital. Finally, a numerical simulation …

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The effects of pension reforms on physician labour supply : evidence from the English NHS

Propper, Carol; Stoye, George; Warner, Max - 2023

We examine the labour supply response of senior doctors in England following a reform of the public sector pension system that moved employees from a final salary to a career average pension plan. Exploiting the staggered rollout of the reform across narrowly defined age groups, we find that...

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