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Pension Reforms; Effects on Intergenerational Risk-Sharing and Redistribution
Kruse, Agneta - 2000
Projections show public pensions to take an increasing share of GDP. This has lead to increased activity in the reform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208409
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Jumping the welfare gap in designing public transfers
Simonovits, András - 2017
We consider three transfer models with a representative individual who discounts the utility of the merit good with respect to the standard one's. In each model, a paternalistic government taxes the consumer and transfers him additional merit goods in return. The private purchase of the merit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011628049
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Ageing Populations and Intergenerational Risk-sharing in PAYG Pension Schemes
Kruse, Agneta - 2002
The purpose of this paper is to compare pension schemes with respect to their intergenerational redistributive effects caused by economic and demographic changes. It is shown how these effects depend on the specific design of the pension scheme, with special attention devoted to the indexation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208438
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Ageing Populations and Intergenerational Risk-sharing in PAYG Pension Schemes
Kruse, Agneta - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Ekonomihögskolan - 2002
The purpose of this paper is to compare pension schemes with respect to their intergenerational redistributive effects caused by economic and demographic changes. It is shown how these effects depend on the specific design of the pension scheme, with special attention devoted to the indexation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005207004
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Health Status, Disability and Retirement Incentives in Belgium
Jousten, Alain; Lefèbvre, Mathieu; Perelman, Sergio - 2013
identified: old-age pensions, conventional early retirement, disability insurance, and unemployment insurance are the most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328889
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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/10011931629
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Jumping the welfare gap in designing public transfers
Simonovits, András - 2017
We consider three transfer models with a representative individual who discounts the utility of the merit good with respect to the standard one's. In each model, a paternalistic government taxes the consumer and transfers him additional merit goods in return. The private purchase of the merit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011944904
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Can adult education delay retirement from the labour market?
de Luna, Xavier; Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle - 2010
In this paper, we examine whether adult education delays retirement and increases labour force participation among the elderly, a mechanism suggested in the OECD strategy for 'active ageing' and the 'Lisbon strategy' of the EU. Using register data from Sweden, we analyse transcripts from adult...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273961
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Calculating the redistributive impact of pension systems in LAC
Altamirano, Alvaro; Oliveri, María Laura; Bosch, Mariano; … - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014563900
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Leaving the Labor Market Early in Sweden – Learning from International Experience
Bengtsson, Mats; König, Stefanie; Schönbeck, Simon; … - 2022
It is a challenge for politics that an aging population leads to demands that the retirement age is increasing while not everyone is able to work to such a higher age. Sweden, like other countries, has several options for early exit from the labour market. However, the regulations have become...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351866