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The retirement of the migrant labor force : pension portability and beyond : portability of social benefits

Jousten, Alain - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 61 (2015) 2, pp. 416-437

The specificities of the workforce with a migrant background are often neglected in studies of retirement. Similarly … systems—with a focus on retirement. The article argues that such effects are nonnegligible and are likely to have major policy …

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Spousal and survivor benefits in option value models of retirement : an application to Belgium

Jousten, Alain; Lefebvre, Mathieu - 2016

We study retirement incentives with augmented option value model à la Stock and Wise (1990). We propose methodological … modelling of couples' incentives leads to very different patterns of retirement incentives - particularly for women. We apply … the new indicators to data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and retirement in Europe (SHARE) in Belgium and find two key …

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Old‐age employment and hours of work trends : empirical analysis for four European countries

Aliaj, Arjeta; Flawinne, Xavier; Jousten, Alain; … - 2016

For the last two decades, the increase of employment among cohorts of individuals aged 50+ has been a policy objective on the European employment agenda. The present paper takes stock of the situation as observed in Belgium over the time period 1997-2011. First, we provide analysis on the...

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Social security and inequality in Belgium

Klinges, Giulia; Jousten, Alain; Lefebvre, Mathieu - 2024

reforms for a fixed retirement age distribution. The behavioral effect accounts for the endogenous change caused by changes in …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014462141

Spousal and Survivor Benefits in Option Value Models of Retirement: An Application to Belgium

Jousten, Alain; Lefèbvre, Mathieu - 2016

We study retirement incentives with augmented option value model à la Stock and Wise (1990). We propose methodological … modelling of couples' incentives leads to very different patterns of retirement incentives – particularly for women. We apply … the new indicators to data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and retirement in Europe (SHARE) in Belgium and find two key …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011559674

Old-age employment and hours of work trends: Empirical analysis for four European countries

Aliaj, Arjeta; Flawinne, Xavier; Jousten, Alain; … - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 5 (2016) 16, pp. 1-22

For the last two decades, the increase of employment among individuals aged 50+ has been a policy objective on the European employment agenda. The present paper focuses on the case of Belgium, France, Germany, and The Netherlands over the period 1997–2011. First, we provide descriptive...

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Social Security Incentives in Belgium: An Analysis of Four Decades of Change

Fraikin, Anne-Lore; Jousten, Alain; Lefèbvre, Mathieu - 2018

The paper traces labor market reforms over the last four decades. It provides estimates of retirement incentives for a … performance in Belgium. The results show that the numerous retirement and social security program reforms have had a marked impact …

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The benefits of separating early retirees from the unemployed: simulation results for Belgian wage earners

Desmet, Raphaël; Jousten, Alain; Perelman, Sergio - 2005

on the key distinction between those in forced early retirement and those who retire early by individual choice. We start … by estimating a retirement probit model for older workers in Belgium. Based on these estimates, we then perform micro … respect to the time of retirement. We explore two scenarios, one where the entire population is subjected to the actuarial …

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Micro-Simulation of Social Security Reforms in Belgium

Desmet, Raphaël; Jousten, Alain; Perelman, Sergio; … - 2003

The present paper analyzes the budgetary impact of various Social Security reforms in the Belgian institutional setting. Our approach relies on parameters that were derived in Dellis et alii (2002) using a micro-modeling strategy. Focusing our attention on a hypothetical age cohort, we...

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Social Security and Inequality in Belgium

Klinges, Giulia; Jousten, Alain; Lefèbvre, Mathieu - 2024

reforms for a fixed retirement age distribution. The behavioral effect accounts for the endogenous change caused by changes in …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533858