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On the policy implications of changing longevity
Pestieau, Pierre; Ponthiere, Gregory - 2012
Our societies are witnessing a steady increase in longevity. This demographic evolution is accompanied by some … convergence across countries, whereas substantial longevity inequalities persist within nations. The goal of this paper is to … survey some crucial implications of changing longevity on the design of optimal public policy. For that purpose, we firstly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009621750
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On the policy implications of changing longevity
Pestieau, Pierre; Ponthiere, Grégory - 2012
Our societies are witnessing a steady increase in longevity. This demographic evolution is accompanied by some … convergence across countries, whereas substantial longevity inequalities persist within nations. The goal of this paper is to … survey some crucial implications of changing longevity on the design of optimal public policy. For that purpose, we firstly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288249
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On the Policy Implications of Changing Longevity
Pestieau, Pierre - 2012
Our societies are witnessing a steady increase in longevity. This demographic evolution is accompanied by some … convergence across countries, whereas substantial longevity inequalities persist within nations. The goal of this paper is to … survey some crucial implications of changing longevity on the design of optimal public policy. For that purpose, we firstly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013100908
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Disability Testing and Retirement
Cremer, Helmuth; Lozachmeur, Jean-Marie; Pestieau, Pierre - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
This paper studies the design of retirement and disability policies. It illustrates the often observed exit from the labour force of healthy workers through disability insurance schemes. Two types of individuals, disabled and leisure-prone ones, have the same disutility for labour and cannot be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123923
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The Public Economics of Increasing Longevity
Pestieau, Pierre; Ponthiere, Gregory - In: Hacienda Pública Española 200 (2012) 1, pp. 41-74
examine the key policy challenges raised by increasing longevity. For that purpose, we first pay attention to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010692405
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On the Policy Implications of Changing Longevity
Pestieau, Pierre; Ponthiere, Grégory - CESifo - 2012
Our societies are witnessing a steady increase in longevity. This demographic evolution is accompanied by some … convergence across countries, whereas substantial longevity inequalities persist within nations. The goal of this paper is to … survey some crucial implications of changing longevity on the design of optimal public policy. For that purpose, we firstly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693471
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Longevity variations anf the welfare state
Pestieau, Pierre; Ponthiere, Gregory - In: Journal of demographic economics : JODE 82 (2016) 2, pp. 207-239
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011552677
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The intriguing relation between parenting styles and eldercare
Fan, Simon; Pang, Yu; Pestieau, Pierre - 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014556533
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United but (un)equal: Human capital, probability of divorce and the marriage contract
Cremer, Helmuth; Pestieau, Pierre; Roeder, Kerstin - 2012
This paper studies how the risk of divorce affects the human capital decisions of a young couple. We consider a setting where complete specialization (one of the spouses uses up all the education resources) is optimal with no divorce risk. Symmetry in education (both spouses receive an equal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290758
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United but (un-)equal: Human capital, probability of divorce and the marriage contract
Cremer, Helmuth; Pestieau, Pierre; Roeder, Kerstin - 2012
This paper studies how the risk of divorce affects the human capital decisions of a young couple. We consider a setting where complete specialization (one of the spouses uses up all the education resources) is optimal with no divorce risk. Symmetry in education (both spouses receive an equal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291461