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Habit formation and labor supply
Cremer, Helmuth; De Donder, Philippe; Maldonado, Darío; … - 2008
This paper shows that the combination of habit formation - present consumption creating additional consumption needs in the future - and myopia may explain why some retirees are forced to "unretire", i.e., unexpectedly return to work. It also shows that when myopia about habit formation leads to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003730377
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Is there a political support for the double burden on prolonged activity?
Casamatta, Georges; Cremer, Helmuth; Pestieau, Pierre - In: Economics of governance 7 (2006) 2, pp. 143-154
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Habit formation and labor supply
Cremer, Helmuth; De Donder, Philippe; Maldonado, Dario; … - 2008
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Habit formation and labour supply
Cremer, Helmuth; De Donder, Philippe; Maldonado, Dario; … - 2008
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Social security, retirement age and optimal income taxations
Cremer, Helmuth; Lozachmeur, Jean-Marie; Pestieau, Pierre - 2002
observed trend towards early retirement. In a world of laissez-faire or of first-best efficiency, there would be no such … variables are not observable, the optimal policy does imply a distortion of the retirement decision. Consequently, the … inducement of early retirement may be part of the optimal tax-transfer policy. We consider a model in which individuals differ in …
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Habit Formation and Labor Supply
Cremer, Helmuth - 2008
This paper shows that the combination of habit formation - present consumption creating additional consumption needs in the future - and myopia may explain why some retirees are forced to 'unretire', i.e., unexpectedly return to work. It also shows that when myopia about habit formation leads to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012771200
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Gender Wage and Longevity Gaps and the Design of Retirement Systems
Barigozzi, Francesca; Cremer, Helmuth; Lozachmeur, … - 2021
concave redistribution may or may not be reversed. With couples only, the ranking of gender retirement ages is always reversed … singles only this implies distortions of retirement decision and restricts redistribution across genders. With couples, a … first best that implies a lower retirement age for females can be implemented by a gender-neutral system. Otherwise, gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013224069
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Social Security, Retirement Age and Optimal Income Taxation
Cremer, Helmuth; Lozachmeur, Jean Marie; Pestieau, Pierre - 2021
observed trend towards early retirement. In a world of laissez-faire or of first-best efficiency, there would be no such … variables are not observable, the optimal policy does imply a distortion of the retirement decision. Consequently, the … inducement of early retirement may be part of the optimal tax-transfer policy. We consider a model in which individuals differ in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320556
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Gender Wage and Longevity Gaps and the Design of Retirement Systems
Barigozzi, Francesca; Cremer, Helmuth; Lozachmeur, … - 2022
redistribution may or may not be reversed. With couples only, the ranking of gender retirement ages is always reversed when the … distortions of retirement decisions, limits redistribution and, negatively affects the group towards which redistribution is … targeted. With couples, a first best that implies a lower retirement age for females can be implemented by a gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014082695
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Taxing pensions
Cremer, Helmuth; Pestieau, Pierre - 2016
There exists a wide variety of tax treatments of pensions across the world. And the reasons for such a range of regimes are not clear. This note reviews the general principles of pension taxes and analyses the theoretical foundations of why pension incomes ought to be taxed specifically. To do...
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