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There exists a wide variety of tax treatments of pensions across the world. And the reasons for such a range of regimes are not clear. This note reviews the general principles of pension taxes and analyses the theoretical foundations of why pension incomes ought to be taxed specifically. To do...
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There exists a wide variety of tax treatments of pensions across the world. And the reasons for such a range of regimes are not clear. This note reviews the general principles of pension taxes and analyses the theoretical foundations of why pension incomes ought to be taxed specifically. To do...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011482705
wealth. This pattern is consistent across multiple retirement age thresholds and cohorts, including both individuals who have …
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fact that raising the retirement age is overdue in Belarus to address demographic challenges, it may have a negative impact … on the quality of life of people close to retirement age as well as a poorer GDP effect within current conditions on the …
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reforms for a fixed retirement age distribution. The behavioral effect accounts for the endogenous change caused by changes in …
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Retirement Age (FRA). Sharp discontinuities generated by the reform reveal that raising the FRA while imposing small early … claiming penalties significantly delays pension claiming and retirement, but imposing large penalties and holding the FRA fixed …
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We propose a unified framework to measure the effects of different reforms of the pension system on retirement ages and … retirement decisions are explicitly modeled within a public pension system. Heterogeneity with respect to consumption preferences … behavior of households, we observe that feedback effects do occur. Results suggest that individual retirement decisions are …
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A problem that faces many countries including the United States is how to finance retirement consumption as the … population ages. Proposals for switching to a saving-for-retirement system that does not rely on high payroll taxes have been … transition path from the current U.S. system to a saving-for-retirement system that increases the welfare of all current and …
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This paper provides the results of analyses of key problems related to pension systems and their reforms in Russia and Ukraine. The pension systems and their reforms in both countries are compared. They are also compared with the general picture observed in the OECD or selected countries...
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Chile approved in early 2008 the replacement of her two current non-contributory subsidies for the old poor for a unified program with a pioneering design, with phase-in ending in 2012. This paper describes the political economy of this reform and evaluates it with regards to efficiency and...
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