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Des hommes malades du chômage ? Genre et (ré-)assignation identitaire au Royaume-Uni
Angeloff, Tania - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011
In the early 2000s, nearly two million men – and less than one million women – were eligible for disability benefits in … article interrogates the identity shifts of men who very often became « ill » after having been made redundant. It focuses on … social identity? The advisers invite the beneficiaries to describe their « dream job » all the while instructing them to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011073699
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Identity work and the `unemployed' worker: age, disability and the lived experience of the older unemployed
Riach, Kathleen; Loretto, Wendy - In: Work, Employment & Society 23 (2009) 1, pp. 102-119
This article seeks to explore how older individuals negotiate and manage their self-identity in relation to work while … substantial overlap between age and disability, we turn our attention to conceptualizing the lived experiences of individuals … through exploring `identity work' as a means of understanding a non-working work identity. Based upon focus group interviews …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010890424
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Health Status, Disability and Retirement Incentives in Belgium
Jousten, Alain; Lefèbvre, Mathieu; Perelman, Sergio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
identified: old-age pensions, conventional early retirement, disability insurance, and unemployment insurance are the most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271992
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Retirement Incentives in Belgium: Estimations and Simulations Using SHARE Data
Jousten, Alain; Lefèbvre, Mathieu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The paper studies retirement behavior of wage‐earners in Belgium – for the first time using rich survey data to explore retirement incentives as faced by individuals. Specifically, we use SHARE data to estimate a model à la Stock and Wise (1990). Exploring the longitudinal nature of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271996
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Senegal; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
It is vital to achieve both high levels of sustained, long lasting growth and better income distribution through the Accelerated Growth Strategy in Senegal. In terms of macroeconomic performance, the annual average growth rate dropped owing to exogenous shocks and low productivity in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244968
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Republic of Armenia; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
The Armenian government adopted the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), and the first years of the PRSP implementation have evidently resulted in the significant reduction of both poverty and extreme poverty. The main focus has been sustainable economic growth, institutional reforms, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245439
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Social Sector Reform in Transition Countries
Keller, Christian; Heller, Peter S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
During the transition process, many existing social sector institutions and policies were significantly eroded and their underlying character changed. As a result, they often do not redistribute to the poorest, nor generally serve the role of facilitating economic change. Social sector reforms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264010
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Early retirement policy in the presence of competing exit pathways: Evidence from policy reforms in Finland
Kyyrä, Tomi - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2010
criteria for disability pension eligibility. The findings imply that these reforms have jointly raised the average age at which … older workers leave employment by 3.9 months. This increase is mainly due to a sharp drop in disability pension enrolment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008740437
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Extended Unemployment Benefits and Early Retirement: Program Complementarity and Program Substitution
Inderbitzin, Lukas; Staubli, Stefan; Zweimüller, Josef - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
entire early retirement system, which often includes extended UI and relaxed access to disability insurance (DI). We argue …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010727917
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Extended Unemployment Benefits and Early Retirement: Program Complementarity and Program Substitution
Staubli, Stefan; Zweimüller, Josef; Inderbitzin, Lukas - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2013
entire early retirement system, which often includes extended UI and relaxed access to disability insurance (DI). We argue …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010638874