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Using tax data, this paper exploits a discontinuous increase in retirement contribution limits based on exact date of … birth. This paper finds clear evidence that constrained individuals increase their retirement saving when so eligible, but … fi nds no evidence suggesting that non-retirement saving falls. In the baseline specifications, one can rule out crowd …
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Estonia is widely regarded as a paramount example for a successful transformation of a socialist economic system to a functioning market economy. Against the backdrop of this positive image which contrasts strongly with the crisis scenarios in Southern Europe the remaining problems of Estonia...
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In this article, we use data on five social inclusion indicators (poverty, inequality, unemployment, education and health) to assess and compare the performance of 15 European welfare states (EU15) over a 12-year period from 1995 to 2006. Aggregate measures of performance are obtained using...
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