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Strengthening Fairness and Funding in the Canada Pension Plan: Is Raising the Retirement Age an Option?
Hering, Martin; Klassen, Thomas R. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2010
rather analyzes one vital option that has received insufficient attention in previous debates: raising the normal retirement … significant increase in life expectancy raises the question of whether the current retirement ages of 60 years, for earliest CPP … the option of raising the retirement age needs to be discussed well before longevity increases or funding problems occur …
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The surprisingly large policy implications of changing retirement durations
Hicks, Peter - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2011
given a continuation of past labour market conditions. However, these past trends do not reflect new pressures that will … work strongly in the direction of even shorter durations of retirement and longer durations of work. These new pressures … will result from changes in labour supply and demand that will result from the baby boom generation moving into traditional …
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Flexible retirement e riequilibrium between generations. A proposal for Italy
Salerno, Nicola Carmine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
retirement at standard/pivotal values for age/seniority. …
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Ethnic diversity and attitudes towards redistribution: a review of the literature
Stichnoth, Holger; van der Straeten, Karine - 2009
We review the empirical literature that studies the effect of ethnic diversity on the welfare state and on individual attitudes. The outcome variables that we cover in the survey are on the one hand public spending, and on the other hand individual attitudes and behaviour, including charity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298807
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Does immigration weaken natives' support for the welfare state? Evidence from Germany
Stichnoth, Holger - 2010
Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions where the share of foreigners among the unemployed is high. Unlike previous studies, I use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299930
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Redistribution and insurance in the German welfare state
Bartels, Charlotte - 2011
between individuals mainly through the progressive tax system. Getting older and reaching retirement age income …
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Wohin soll es mit der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung gehen? Eine Bürgerversicherung wäre armutsverhindernd und finanzierbar!
Meinhardt, Volker - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 83 (2014) 2, pp. 49-59
Die Rentenreformen zu Beginn dieses Jahrhunderts hinterlassen zunehmend Spuren. Das Rentenniveau sinkt kräftig. Gegenüber 1989 ergibt sich bereits heute eine Senkung um knapp 14 Prozent. Vorgesehen sind weitere Absenkungen mit der Folge einer drohenden Altersarmut insbesondere für...
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Pension reform options for Russia and Ukraine: A critical analysis of available options and their expected outcomes. With a focus on labour market, industrial restructuring and pub...
Góra, Marek; Rohozynsky, Oleksandr; Sinyavskaya, Oxana - 2010
This paper provides the results of analyses of key problems related to pension systems and their reforms in Russia and Ukraine. The pension systems and their reforms in both countries are compared. They are also compared with the general picture observed in the OECD or selected countries...
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Does Immigration Weaken Natives' Support for the Welfare State? Evidence from Germany
Stichnoth, Holger - 2010
Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions where the share of foreigners among the unemployed is high. Unlike previous studies, I use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600915
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Redistribution and Insurance in the German Welfare State
Bartels, Charlotte - 2011
Welfare states redistribute both between individuals reducing annual inequality and over the life-cycle insuring against income risks. But studies measuring redistribution often focus only on a one-year period. Using German SOEP data from 1984 to 2009, long-term inequality over a 20-year period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601061