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Do mandatory pensions decrease household savings? : evidence for the Netherlands

Euwals, Rob - 2000

income. The goal of this paper is to test for the effect of mandatory pensions on discretionary household savings. The data … pensions have a significant negative impact on savings motives with respect to old age. Concerning the effect on household … occupational pensions. …

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Rates of return and early retirement disincentives : evidence from a German pension reform

Lüthen, Holger - 2014

To counteract the financial pressure emerging in aging societies, statutory pay-as-you-go pension schemes are undergoing fundamental reforms in many Western countries. Starting with cohort 1937, Germany introduced permanent pension deductions for early retirement. This paper examines the...

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Rates of return and early retirement disincentives : evidence from a German pension reform

Lüthen, Holger - 2014

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Chapter 12. Gender Inequality

Ponthieux, Sophie; Meurs, Dominique - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 981-1146). 2015

research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap …

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Why are more redistributive social security systems smaller? : A median voter approach

Köthenbürger, Marko (contributor); … - 2005

explained by the median voter model. -- earnings-related and flat-rate benefits ; applied political economy ; public pensions …

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Labour market institutions and unemployment revisited

Ochsen, Carsten - 2005

In this paper the effects of institutional variables on unemployment are reinvestigated for nine OECD countries. The used framework allow for country specific estimates. In this case, the impact of the considered institutional variables on unemployment may differ across countries, not only in...

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Gielen, Anne C. (contributor); Kerkhofs, Marcel (contributor) - 2006

This paper uses information from a panel of Dutch firms to investigate the labor productivity effects of performance related pay (PRP). We find that PRP increases labor productivity at the firm level with about 9% and employment with about 5%. -- performance related pay ; labor productivity

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Heterogenous life expectancy, adverse selection, and retirement behaviour

Heidler, Matthias; Raffelhüschen, Bernd; Leifels, Arne - 2006

This article surveys the literature on selection effects in retirement behavior. More specifically, we consider early retirement schemes with actuarially fair adjustments based on average life expectancy. To this end, we recapitulate the theoretical literature on selection effects and resulting...

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Does immigration weaken natives' support for the welfare state? : evidence from Germany

Stichnoth, Holger - 2010

Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions where the share of foreigners among the unemployed is high. Unlike previous studies, I use...

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The impact of federal social policies on spatial income inequalities in Germany : empirical evidence from social security data

Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Schwengler, Barbara - 2009

Fast zwanzig Jahre nach der deutschen Wiedervereinigung gibt es immer noch erhebliche regionale Einkommensunterschiede zwischen West- und Ostdeutschland. Der Artikel soll zeigen, wie die Transferzahlungen des Staates diese Einkommensdisparitäten ausgleichen. In einem ersten Schritt untersuchen...

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