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Who is saving privately for retirement and how much? : new evidence for Germany
Metzger, Christoph - 2015
decades. Voluntary savings for retirement will therefore gain more and more relevance in order to maintain one’s standard of … living during retirement. This article examines the savings behavior for retirement on an individual level in Germany. As a … out to be less likely to save additionally privately for retirement. In a second step the chosen gross saving rates are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010517686
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Strategic responses : a survey experiment on opposition to pension reforms
Scheubel, Beatrice; Schunk, Daniel; Winter, Joachim - In: The Scandinavian journal of economics 115 (2013) 2, pp. 549-574
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009755425
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The influence of personality traits on private retirement savings in Germany
Schäfer, Konrad C. - 2016 - This version: August 2016
This paper analyzes private retirement savings, the amount for German individuals and how these savings are influenced … investigated how the Big-Five and the Locus of Control influence the decision to have private retirement savings, and the estimated … probability to have such savings. Extraversion also positively effects the size of retirement related savings as does having an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527294
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455515
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The influence of personality traits on private retirement savings in Germany
Schäfer, Konrad C. - 2016
This paper analyzes private retirement savings, the amount for German individuals and how these savings are influenced … investigated how the Big-Five and the Locus of Control influence the decision to have private retirement savings, and the estimated … probability to have such savings. Extraversion also positively effects the size of retirement related savings as does having an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538182
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Effects of changes in pensions on the age of first benefit receipt : regression discontinuity evidence from repatriated ethnic Germans
Puhani, Patrick A.; Tabbert, Falko - 2015
retirement behavior as low-skilled Germans. The results are consistent with low-skilled workers in Germany being frozen in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010470896
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Pension income inequality : a cohort study in six European countries
Neugschwender, Jörg - 2014
This paper is an empirical overview of inequalities of pension outcomes in six European countries, which are shaped by a variety of institutional pensions schemes. The study contrasts pension system regulation in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom; and analyses their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010422868
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The relationship between establishment training and the retention of older workers : evidence from Germany
Berg, Peter; Hamman, Mary K.; Piszczek, Matthew; Ruhm, … - 2015
. This study examines relationships between establishment training programs, wages, and retirement among older men and women … retirement patterns suggests this relationship may not be causal. Our research suggests targeted training programs likely play an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388014
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The effects of an increase in the retirement age on health - evidence from administrative data
Barschkett, Mara; Geyer, Johannes; Haan, Peter; … - 2021
This study analyzes the causal effect of an increase in the retirement age on health. We exploit a sizable cohort … conclusions. We provide evidence that the increase in the retirement age negatively affects health outcomes as the prevalence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705582
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Personality maturation and personality relaxation: differences of the Big Five personality traits in the years around the beginning and ending of working life
Asselmann, Eva; Specht, Jule - 2021
people who retired, Conscientiousness was lower in and after the first year of retirement versus before. No other traits … differed around the start of retirement. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that the start of working life might promote … personality maturation and that retirement might promote personality "relaxation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012643683