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Savings, child support, pensions and endogenous (and heterogeneous) fertility
Simonovits, András - 2013
decreases with pension contributions and increases with taxes; (ii) the introduction of fertility-dependent pensions may …
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Working beyond 65 in Ireland
Nolan, Anne; Barrett, Alan - 2018
Extending working lives is often proposed as one route through which the costs associated with population ageing can be managed. In that context, understanding who currently works for longer can help policymakers to design policies to facilitate longer working. In particular, it is important to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011881446
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Calculating the redistributive impact of pension systems in LAC
Altamirano, Alvaro; Oliveri, María Laura; Bosch Mossi, … - 2023
average, LAC's pension systems are subsidized, as they provide pensions above what workers would have obtained by investing … replacement rates (pensions relative to earnings) for low-income workers. Despite this progressivity, in some countries, absolute … much more progressive, but still, because low-income workers do not qualify for minimum pensions, between 50-60% of …
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Social Security and Gender in Uruguay : An Analysis of the Differences in Pension Access (Seguridad Social y Género en Uruguay: Un Análisis de las Diferencias de Acceso a la Jubila...
Bucheli, Marisa - 2014
pensions, while women are over-represented in the assistential and survivor pension programs. This difference is linked to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013069730
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The Impact of Changes in Couples’ Earnings on Married Women’s Social Security Benefits
Butrica, Barbara A. - 2015
Women's labor force participation and earnings dramatically increased after World War II. Those changes have important implications for women's Social Security benefits. This article uses the Social Security Administration's Modeling Income in the Near Term (version 6) to examine Social Security...
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Pension reform in Belarus in the shadow of social Europe : vulnerability issues of people aged 50+ and points for improvement
Naūrodski, Sierž - 2016
The policy brief presents a review of potential effects of parametric pension reform in Belarus starting in 2017 for the population aged 50 and more in terms of unemployment, alcohol consumption, and poverty. It concludes that, despite the fact that raising the retirement age is overdue in...
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How did Feldstein (1985) undervalue the optimal level of social security benefits?
Simonovits, András - 2017
In his seminal model (Feldstein, 1985), the government operates a social security system to counter the representative worker's myopia. (i) For a complete myope, he determined a sizable optimal tax rate (and the corresponding benefit level). (ii) For a partially shortsighted worker, he...
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A Social Insurance Accounting for a Notional Defined Contribution Scheme Combining Retirement and Long-Term Care Benefits
Vidal-Meliá, Carlos - 2018
This paper develops a social insurance accounting model for a notional defined contribution (NDC) scheme combining retirement and long-term care (LTC) contingencies. The procedure relies on standard double-entry bookkeeping and enables us to compile a “Swedish” type actuarial balance sheet...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912659
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Trends in Male Labor Force Participation and Retirement : Some Evidence on the Role of Pensions and Social Security in the 1970's and 1980's
Anderson, Patricia M.; Gustman, Alan L.; Steinmeier, … - 1999
This article estimates the effects of changes in pension plans and social security in the 1970s and 1980s on the steady state retirement of men. Work incentives associated with pension coverage and plan characteristics are calculated primarily from the 1969-79 Retirement History Study and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014182211
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Shrinking Boomer Social Security Retirement Benefits
Lipman, Francine J. - 2007
In 2008, the oldest of 78 million baby boomers will celebrate their 62nd birthdays. Before they blow out their birthday candles, they will have considered and likely decided whether to elect to take early Social Security retirement benefits (SSRBs). Recent and evolving changes in the normal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014048134