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Similarity assessment of the pension systems of the new European Union member states
Krpan, Mira; Pavković, Ana; Žmuk, Berislav - In: Proceedings of the ENTRENOVA - ENTerprise REsearch … 5 (2019) 1, pp. 50-57
more difficult to maintain sustainability. Romania stands out from other economies, based on macroeconomic indicators, as …
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The effects of early retirement incentives on retirement decisions
Dolls, Mathias; Krolage, Carla - 2019
This paper analyzes behavioral responses to a reform in the German public pension system that allowed individuals with a long contribution history to retire without deductions before reaching the regular retirement age. Following the 2014 reform, individuals with 45 contribution years could...
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Pension incentives and labor force participation : evidence from the introduction of universal old-age assistance in the UK
Giesecke, Matthias; Jäger, Philipp - 2019 - preliminary draft
We estimate the labor force participation (LFP) response to the introduction of means-tested minimum pensions in the UK …
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Old-age poverty : the household perspective : a microsimulation approach of pension entitlements in Germany
Finkler, Sebastian - 2019 - This version: 11 February 2019
entitled beneficiaries. Whilst 30% of all new pensions would benefit from an individual perspective, after means-testing only 3 …
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Demographic change and the German current account surplus
Schön, Matthias - 2019 - Preliminary version
This paper analyses whether the severe demographic change in Germany causes its high current account surpluses. An ageing population both increases the supply and lowers demand of capital in an economy. Due to a longer life span individuals save more. Fewer workers reduce the optimal capital...
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Redistributive effects of different pension structures when longevity varies by socioeconomic status in a general equilibrium setting
Sanchez-Romero, Miguel; Lee, Ronald Demos; … - 2019
Differences in life expectancy between high and low socioeconomic groups are often large and have widened recently in many countries. Such longevity gaps affect the actuarial fairness and progressivity of public pension systems. However, behavioral responses to longevity and policy complicate...
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Are incentivized old-age savings schemes effective under incomplete rationality?
Makarski, Krzysztof; Tyrowicz, Joanna; Rutkowski, Artur - 2020
Financing consumption of the elderly in the face of the projected increase in life expectancy is a key challenge for economic policy. Moreover, standard structural models with fully rational agents suggest that about 50-60 percent of old-age consumption is financed with voluntary savings, even...
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Financing universal health care : premiums or payroll taxes?
Fehr, Hans; Feldman, Maria - 2021
This paper presents an overlapping generations model where agents face labor-income and health risks in order to quantify the macroeconomic and welfare consequences of reform options for the German health insurance system. In addition to labor supply, consumption and savings, households also...
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Sustainability dimensions of agricultural development in Almería (Spain)
Galdeano Gómez, Emilio; Aznar-Sánchez, José A.; … - 2012
becomes difficult to achieve a balance between the three dimensions of sustainability due to a series of problems, including … paper analyses how this sector in the province of Almería (Spain), based on small-scale horticultural farms, has risen to … sustainability dimensions. It is particularly interesting to observe how a highly social agrarian system has evolved thanks to the …
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Towards expenditure rules and fiscal sanity in the euro area
Hauptmeier, Sebastian; Sánchez Fuentes, A. Jesús; … - In: Rules and institutions for sound fiscal policy after …, (pp. 491-512). 2012
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