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Zur Berücksichtigung von Kindern bei umlagefinanzierter Alterssicherung
Konrad, Kai A.; Richter, Wolfram F. - 2003
Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat entschieden, dass die Erhebung einheitlicher Beitragssätze in der Gesetzlichen Pflegeversicherung für Personen mit und ohne Kinder gegen den Gleichheitsgrundsatz der Verfassung verstoße. In dieser Arbeit prüfen wir unterschiedliche Argumente dafür,...
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Optimal Redistributive Pensions with Temptation and Costly Self-Control
Bouchard St-Amant, Pier-André; Garon, Jean-Denis - 2013
mental cost of self-control. This effect partially offsets the forced-saving benefits of public pensions, and call for a more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010368287
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Rates of return and early retirement disincentives: Evidence from a German pension reform
Lüthen, Holger - 2014
To counteract the financial pressure emerging in aging societies, statutory pay-as-you-go pension schemes are undergoing fundamental reforms in many Western countries. Starting with cohort 1937, Germany introduced permanent pension deductions for early retirement. This paper examines the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010368447
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Rates of return and early retirement disincentives: Evidence from a German pension reform
Lüthen, Holger - 2014
To counteract the financial pressure emerging in aging societies, statutory pay-as-you-go pension schemes are undergoing fundamental reforms in many Western countries. Starting with cohort 1937, Germany introduced permanent pension deductions for early retirement. This paper examines the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010368469
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Pensions, household saving, and welfare: A dynamic analysis of crowd out
Blau, David M. - In: Quantitative Economics 7 (2016) 1, pp. 193-224
saving by public and private pensions. Some parameters of the model are estimated and others are calibrated to match life … benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) pensions on average crowd out household wealth by $0.09 and $0.37 per dollar of …) generally resulting in larger simulated crowd out. A welfare analysis implies that DB pensions and Social Security are not …
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Labour supply and employment in the euro area countries - developments and challenges
Masuch, Klaus; Gómez-Salvador, Ramon; … - 2008
The aim of this report, which has been prepared by a Task Force of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Eurosystem, is to describe and analyse the main developments in labour supply and its determinants in the euro area, review the links between labour supply and labour market institutions,...
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Public debt, population ageing and medium-term growth
Dieppe, Alistair (contributor); Guarda, Paolo (contributor) - 2015
This paper analyses the challenges that high public debt and ageing populations pose to medium-term growth. First, macroeconometric model simulations suggest that medium-term growth can benefit from credible fiscal consolidation, partly through reductions in sovereign risk premia. Second, a...
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Formalizing safety nets and the requirements to obtain them: An increased role for identity documents in the global South
Hunter, Wendy - 2016
Having a birth certificate is a stepping stone to acquiring an array of rights and benefits, including other documents necessary to navigate in and outside of one's home country. Despite its importance, many children in the developing world never obtain a birth certificate. Whether one does so...
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Government intervention need for social security improvement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A theoretical analysis using the principal-agent model
Luzolo, Didier Mumpambala - 2016
African populations need better support through social protection mechanisms. Among those who need social security are millions of older people who, having worked all their lives in the formal sector, are in precarious situations with lower benefits. This study aims to appreciate theoretically,...
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Interactions Between Financial Incentives and Health in the Early Retirement Decision
Garcia-Gomez, Pilar; Galama, Titus J.; van Doorslaer, Eddy - 2017
We present a theory of the relation between health and retirement that generates testable predictions regarding the interaction of health, wealth and financial incentives in retirement decisions. The theory predicts (i) that wealthier individuals (compared to poorer individuals) are more likely...
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