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The sustainability of the pay-as-you-go system with falling birth rates
Praag, Bernard M. S. van; Cardoso, Pedro - 2002
altruism. A fall in the population growth rate, even to negative values, will imply a reduction of the interest rate and an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326408
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Access to pensions, old-age support, and child investment in the People's Republic of China
Shan, Xiaoyue; Park, Albert - 2023
This paper studies how access to public pensions affects old-age support and child investment in traditional societies. Guided by predictions from an overlapping generations model, we analyze the influences of a new pension program in rural People's Republic of China, using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014280029
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A constitutional theory of the family
Cigno, Alessandro (contributor) - 2005
renegotiation-proof. Second, it introduces parental altruism. The behavioural and policy implications are illustrated by showing the … effects of public pensions and credit rationing. These implications are not much affected by whether altruism is assumed or … ; renegotiation-proofness ; altruism ; fertility ; saving ; transfers ; attention ; pensions ; credit rationing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003260821
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Intergenerational Altruism and Retirement Transfers : Evidence from the Social Security Notch
Mukherjee, Anita - 2020
this group. I find support for pure altruism because individuals who received additional Social Security benefits passed on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012826687
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Suomen työeläkejärjestelmän stokastinen kedtävyysanalyysi
Lassila, Jukka (contributor); Valkonen, Tarmo (contributor) - 2008
This study analyzes the sustainability implications of demographic and investment risks in the Finnish private sector pension system (TyEL). The results show that current contribution rate is likely to be too low to finance the future higher expenditure. The main sustainability problem is not,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003714896
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Economic perspectives on aging
Papadimitriou, Dimitri Basil (contributor) - 2007
The aging of the American population will be a critical public policy issue in the years ahead. This paper surveys the recent literature on the economics of aging, with a special emphasis on government spending on the aged. The U.S. Census Bureau projects that the proportion of the elderly in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003727006
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Underreported earnings and old-age pension: an elementary model
Simonovits, András (contributor) - 2008
This paper analyzes the interconnections of underreported earnings, savings and oldage pension with the help of a most simple, elementary model. The workers can be divided into three groups: 1) well-paid who report their full earnings, 2) well-paid who report only the minimum earnings (evaders)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003740020
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Social security's five OASI inflation indexing problems
Lovell, Michael C. (contributor) - 2008
This paper examines five problems with the inflation indexing procedures used by the Social Security Administration of the United States in taking inflation into account when calculating Old Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Benefits. Because of Problem #1, the commingling of unindexed with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003777279
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The effect of changes in the replacement rate on partial retirement in Sweden
Glans, Erik (contributor) - 2008
Knowledge about how elderly workers react to changes in pension benefits is important in guiding the design of social security systems. This paper contributes to this knowledge by examining the effect of changed replacement rates on part-time retirement behaviour in Sweden. During the 1980s,...
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An age perspective on economic well-being and social protection in nine OECD countries
Dang, Thai Thanh; Immervoll, Herwig; Mantovani, Daniela; … - 2006
This paper quantifies the economic well-being of different age groups and the extent of their reliance on incomes from public and private sources. The aim is to establish how social benefits, and the taxes needed to finance them, affect income levels and disparities across different age groups....
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