This paper describes a structural dynamic microsimulation model of the household that has been developed to explore … behavioural responses to pensions policy counterfactuals in Ireland. The model is based upon the life-cycle theory of behaviour …

Most empirical studies of savings behaviour that explicitly take account of the influence of uncertainty consider for …

measured over appreciable periods of life motivates endogenous simulation of savings and labor supply decisions, taking …This paper describes a structural dynamic micro-simulation model that generates individual-specific data over a range …

appreciable periods of life motivates endogenous simulation of savings and labour supply decisions, taking explicit account of …

This paper describes a structural dynamic microsimulation model of the household that has been developed to explore … behavioural responses to pensions policy counterfactuals in Ireland. The model is based upon the life-cycle theory of behaviour …

Most empirical studies of savings behaviour that explicitly take account of the influence of uncertainty consider for …

A central justification for social insurance and for other policies aimed at retirement savings is that individuals may … payroll taxes and other withholding to fund retirement savings as akin to an income tax, while largely ignoring the distant …, making savings-promotion policies much more costly than appreciated. Or consider what may be the labor supply implications …

Eligibility and benefits for anti-poverty income transfers in the U.S. are based on both the means and the household … children. In our model workers face uninsurable idiosyncratic risks and make decisions on savings, labor supply, living … mothers, providing incentives to cohabit. We also find quantitatively important effects on savings, and on the labor supply of …

shows marked differences reflecting the narrow political spectrum in Ireland compared to radical changes in British politics …