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Saving and taxation in a voluntary pension system : toward an agent-based model
Király, Balázs; Simonovits, András - 2016
pension system, where savings are matched by government grants. Accounting for the resulting tax expenditure, our models …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451322
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Effects of Pensions on Savings : Analysis with Data from the Health and Retirement Study
Gustman, Alan L.; Steinmeier, Thomas L. - 2000
are not consistent with a simple life cycle explanation for savings. They also raise questions about whether pensions are … and Retirement Study (HRS), and the role of pensions in forming retirement wealth. Pension coverage is widespread … average for this cohort on the verge of retirement. When pensions and social security are included, wealth accumulated by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014181830
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Retirement and Wealth
Gustman, Alan L. - 2003
value of pensions and social security that better reflects the accrual of benefits under defined contribution plans. Such …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012786844
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Benefit-retirement age schedules and redistribution in public pension systems
Simonovits, András - 2014
The dependence of benefit on the retirement age (the schedule) is an important feature in any public pension system. The nonfinancial defined contribution (NDC) pension system has recently become popular mainly because of its allegedly actuarial fairness. Using the framework of mechanism design...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010429132
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A simple model of tax-favored retirement accounts
Simonovits, András - 2009
to each other. -- mandatory pensions ; tax-favored retirement accounts ; voluntary contributions ; subsidies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003873064
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Regressive intracohort redistribution in nonfinancial defined contribution pension
Simonovits, András - 2013
Nonfinancial defined contribution (NDC) pension systems have recently become popular because they provide the strong incentives of the private funded systems without requiring a difficult transition period. Using the framework of mechanism design, these systems have theoretically been criticized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009732103
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Underreported earnings and old-age pension: an elementary model
Simonovits, András (contributor) - 2008
This paper analyzes the interconnections of underreported earnings, savings and oldage pension with the help of a most … ; proportional pensions ; basic pensions ; meansassisted pensions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003740020
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Pension and Social Security Wealth in the Health and Retirement Study
Gustman, Alan L.; Mitchell, Olivia S.; Samwick, Andrew A.; … - 2011
Together, pensions, social security and health insurance account for half of the wealth held by all households in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014043164
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Retirement Effects of Proposals by the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security
Gustman, Alan L.; Steinmeier, Thomas L. - 2005
The President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security has proposed a number of changes in Social Security, each of them introducing personal accounts funded from a portion of payroll tax receipts, and in one case, out of additional contributions. These changes are presented in the form of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014028129
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Employment, Leisure and Pension : Incentives with Limits
Simonovits, András - 2003
This paper considers two characteristics of a public pension system: the contribution rate and the lenght of employment. A simple family of optimization models is set up, where the instantaneous utility is a Cobb-Douglas-function of consumption and leisure, futhermore, the life-time utility is a...
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