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Working Hours Flexibility andOlder Workers' Labor Supply

Gielen, Anne C. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This paper studies the presence of hours constraints on the UK labor market and its effect onolder workers labor supply, both at the extensive and the intensive margin. Using panel datafor the period 1991-2004, the results from a competing risks model show that over-employedmale workers can...

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Hours of Work and Retirement Behavior

Machado, C. Sofia; Portela, Miguel - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012

Using a novel dataset from the 2006 Portuguese Labor Force Survey this paper examinesthe impact of a voluntary reduction in hours of work, before retirement, on the moment of exitfrom the labor force. If, as often suggested, flexibility in hours of work is a useful measure topostpone retirement,...

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The Effect of Job Displacement on the Transitionsto Employment and Early Retirement for OlderWorkers in Four European Countries

Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

Despite the increased frequency of job loss for older workers in Europe, little is known on itseffect on the work-retirement decision. Employing individual data from the EuropeanCommunity Household Panel for Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K., a multivariatecompeting-risks hazard model is...

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Income Support Systems, Labor Market Policiesand Labor Supply: The German Experience

Caliendo, Marco - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2009

. The German labor market has been plagued by high and persistent unemployment inthe last two decades in combination with a …

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THE DESIGN OF UNEMPLOYMENT TRANSFERS:EVIDENCE FROM A DYNAMIC STRUCTURAL LIFECYCLEMODEL

Haan, Peter; Prowse, Victoria - University <Oxford> / Department of Economics - 2010

by unemployment insurance. The model features a detailedspecification of the tax and transfer system, including … unemployment insurance benefitswhich depend on an individual's employment and earnings history. The model also capturesthe … of unemployment insurance operationalized as a reduction in the entitlementperiod generates a larger increase in …

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MODELING EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS WITH STATEDEPENDENCE AND UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITY

Prowse, Victoria - University <Oxford> / Department of Economics - 2007

This paper considers the problem of determining the extent of any state dependen-cies in women's labor supply behavior. Employment outcomes are modeled using adynamic multinomial choice framework including persistent unobserved heterogeneitywith a relatively general distribution. In order to...

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DUAL TRACKS: PART-TIME WORK IN LIFE-CYCLEEMPLOYMENT FOR BRITISIH WOMEN

Connolly, Sara; Gregory, Mary - University <Oxford> / Department of Economics - 2007

Almost half the women in work in the UK work part-time, but views conflict: does this support awoman’s career or is it a dead-end trap?Cohort data on labour market involvement to age 42 show highly varied pathways throughfull/part-time/non-employment. Econometric estimation confirms that...

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Hearing Loss and Disability Exit:Measurement Issues and Coping Strategies

Christensen, Vibeke T.; Gupta, Nabanita Datta; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

Using unique representative data containing self-reported functional and clinically measuredhearing ability for the Danish population aged 50-64, we estimate the effect of hearing losson receipt of disability benefits accounting for potential endogeneity of functional hearing...

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Labor Market Rigidities and the Employment Behavior of Older Workers

Blau, David; Shvydko, Tetyana - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

The labor market is often asserted to be characterized by rigidities that make it difficult forolder workers to carry out their desired trajectory from work to retirement. An importantsource of rigidity is restrictions on hours of work imposed by firms that use team productionor face high fixed...

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Pension Plan Characteristics and Framing Effectsin Employee Savings Behavior

Card, David; Ransom, Michael R. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

In this paper we document the importance of framing effects in the retirement savingsdecisions of college professors. Pensions in many post-secondary institutions are funded bya combination of an employer contribution and a mandatory employee contribution.Employees can also make tax-deferred...

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