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Stated versus inferred beliefs: A methodological inquiry and experimental test
Rutstrom, E. Elizabet; Wilcox, Nathaniel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
If asking subjects their beliefs during repeated game play changes the way those subjects play, using those stated … beliefs to evaluate and compare theories of strategic behavior is problematic. We experimentally verify that belief … the goodness of fit of structural models of belief learning, and the prior beliefs implied by such structural models are …
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Financial Sustainability of Pension Systems in the European Union
Bayar, Yılmaz - In: European Research Studies Journal XVI (2013) 3, pp. 46-70
Increases in life expectancy together with the decreases in fertility rates are predicted to make financing of public pension systems hard in an environment which some Eurozone member countries have had serious problems in their public finance, in the coming 50 years. European Union member...
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Die Bedeutung von Wissen um die Alterssicherung für das Altersvorsorgeverhalten in Deutschland
Schüler, Ruth M. - In: IW-Trends - Vierteljahresschrift zur empirischen … 50 (2023) 2, pp. 77-95
Während die deutsche Bevölkerung zentrale Kenngrößen des deutschen Rentensystems vergleichsweise treffsicher bewerten kann, wird das Ausmaß des bevorstehenden demografischen Wandels unterschätzt. Dabei wird die Lebenserwartung von Männern und Frauen im Alter von 65 Jahren um jeweils fünf...
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The Effect of Pension Design on Employer Costs and Employee Retirement Choices: Evidence from Oregon
Chalmers, John; Johnson, Woodrow T.; Reuter, Jonathan - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
Oregon's Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) is a rich setting in which to study the effect of pension design on employer costs and employee retirement-timing decisions. PERS pays retirees the maximum benefit calculated using three formulas that can be characterized as defined benefit...
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The Perception Of Social Security Incentives For Labor Supply And Retirement: The Median Voter Knows More Than You'd Think
Liebman, Jeffrey B.; Luttmer, Erzo F.P. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
The degree to which the Social Security tax distorts labor supply depends on the extent to which individuals perceive the link between current earnings and future Social Security benefits. Some Social Security reform plans have been motivated by an assumption that workers fail to perceive this...
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Would People Behave Differently If They Better Understood Social Security? Evidence From a Field Experiment
Liebman, Jeffrey B.; Luttmer, Erzo F.P. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
This paper presents the results of a field experiment in which a sample of older workers was randomized between a treatment group that was given information about key Social Security provisions and a control group that was not. The experiment was designed to examine whether it is possible to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220643
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Die Bedeutung von Wissen um die Alterssicherung für das Altersvorsorgeverhalten in Deutschland
Schüler, Ruth M. - In: IW-Trends : die vierteljährliche Zeitschrift zur … 50 (2023) 2, pp. 77-95
Während die deutsche Bevölkerung zentrale Kenngrößen des deutschen Rentensystems vergleichsweise treffsicher bewerten kann, wird das Ausmaß des bevorstehenden demografischen Wandels unterschätzt. Dabei wird die Lebenserwartung von Männern und Frauen im Alter von 65 Jahren um jeweils fünf...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014339793
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Financial Knowledge and Financial Literacy at the Household Level
Gustman, Alan L.; Steinmeier, Thomas L.; Tabatabai, Nahid - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
This paper uses data from the Health and Retirement Study to explore the mechanism that underlies the robust relation found in the literature between cognitive ability, and in particular numeracy, and wealth, income constant. We have a number of findings. First, the more valuable the pension,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008685012
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The effect of pension design on employer costs and employee retirement choices: Evidence from Oregon
Chalmers, John; Johnson, Woodrow T.; Reuter, Jonathan - In: Journal of Public Economics 116 (2014) C, pp. 17-34
We use administrative data from Oregon's Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) to study the effect of pension design on employer costs and employee retirement-timing decisions. During our 1990–2003 sample period, PERS calculates each member's retirement benefit using up to three different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011056225
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The Construction of Morals
Chen, Daniel L.; Yeh, Susan - Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), … - 2013
. Workers update beliefs about the prevalence of sexual activities differently in response to liberal or conservative decisions …
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