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Why Forcing People to Save for Retirement May Backfire
Butler, Monika; Huguenin, Olivia; Teppa, Federica - 2021
If individuals are unable or unwilling to borrow, a higher than desired second pillar pension capital may induce people to retire earlier than they would have in the absence of such a scheme. Individuals thus leave the workforce as soon as the retirement income is deemed sufficient and the...
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Aging, taxes and pensions in Switzerland
Keuschnigg, Christian - 2016
until 2050. To quantify the effects on pensions, taxes and social contributions, we use an overlapping generations model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011416024
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Financial literacy, household investment and household debt : evidence from Switzerland
Brown, Martin; Graf, Roman - 2013
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Why forcing people to save for retirement may backfire
Buetler, Monika; Huguenin, Olivia; Teppa, Federica - 2005
If individuals are unable or unwilling to borrow, a higher than desired second pillar pension capital may induce people to retire earlier than they would have in the absence of such a scheme. Individuals thus leave the workforce as soon as the retirement income is deemed sufficient and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261184
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Saving lives during the COVID-19 pandemic : the benefits of the first Swiss lockdown
Gatti, Nicolò; Retali, Beatrice - In: Swiss journal of economics and statistics 157 (2021) 1, pp. 1-21
The implementation of a lockdown to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a strong economic and political debate in several countries. This makes it crucial to shed light on the actual benefits of such kind of policy. To this purpose, we focus on the Swiss lockdown during the...
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The economies of scale of living together and how they are shared: estimates based on a collective household model
Bütikofer, Aline; Gerfin, Michael - 2009
How large are the economies of scale of living together? And how do partners share their resources? The first question is usually answered by equivalence scales. Traditional estimation and application of equivalence scales assumes equal sharing of income within the household. This paper uses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269645
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The economies of scale of living together and how they are shared: Estimates based on a collective household model
Bütikofer, Aline; Gerfin, Michael - 2009
How large are the economies of scale of living together? And how do partners share their resources? The first question is usually answered by equivalence scales. Traditional estimation and application of equivalence scales assumes equal sharing of income within the household. This paper uses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316070
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The economies of scale of living together and how they are shared : estimates based on a collective household model
Bütikofer, Aline; Gerfin, Michael - 2009
How large are the economies of scale of living together? And how do partners share their resources? The first question is usually answered by equivalence scales. Traditional estimation and application of equivalence scales assumes equal sharing of income within the household. This paper uses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003879361
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The economies of scale of living together and how they are shared : estimates based on a collective household model
Bütikofer, Aline; Gerfin, Michael - 2009
How large are the economies of scale of living together? And how do partners share their resources? The first question is usually answered by equivalence scales. Traditional estimation and application of equivalence scales assumes equal sharing of income within the household. This paper uses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923376