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The old-age security motive for fertility : evidence from the extension of social pensions in Namibia

Rossi, Pauline; Godard, Mathilde - 2019

The old-age security motive for fertility postulates that people's needs for old-age support raise the demand for …-reform pensions and differences in exposure across cohorts, we show that pensions substantially reduce fertility, especially in late … suggest that improving social protection for the elderly could go a long way in fostering fertility decline in Sub …

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The Role of Social Security in Household Decisions : VAR Estimates of Saving and Fertility Behaviour in Germany

Cigno, Alessandro; Casolaro, Luca; Rosati, Furio Camillo - 2021

Estimating saving and fertility simultaneously by the VAR method, we find that social security cover has a positive … effect on household saving, and a negative effect on fertility. In Germany, as in other countries where the hypothesis was …, the negative effect of social security on fertility tends to erode the system's own contributory base, because it reduces …

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Human capital and pensions with endogenous fertility and retirement

Cipriani, Giam Pietro; Fioroni, Tamara - 2023

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Social Security and Endogenous Demographic Change : Child Support and Retirement Policies

Cipriani, Giam; Fioroni, Tamara - 2021

social security and endogenous retirement and fertility decisions. It demonstrates that neither fertility nor retirement … fertility and the elderly labor supply in the economy as a whole. It shows that governments can realize the first …

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Family economics writ large

Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Vandenbroucke, Guillaume - 2016

fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a decline …

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Family economics writ large

Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Vandenbroucke, Guillaume - 2016

fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a …

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Trade-offs in means tested pension design

Tran, Chung; Woodland, Alan - In: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 47 (2014) C, pp. 72-93

The means-testing of age pension programs allows governments to control the receipt of pension benefits (extensive margin) and the benefit level (intensive margin). We investigate how the presence of the extensive margin influences the trade-off between protecting the poorer elderly and the...

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Trade-Offs in Means Tested Pension Design

Tran, Chung; Woodland, Alan - ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research … - 2011

This paper proposes and assesses consistent multi-factor dynamic ane mortality models for longevity risk applications. The dynamics of the model produce closed-form expressions for survival curves. The framework includes an arbitrage free model specication. Importantly, the mortality model...

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Macroeconomic Implications of Changes in Social Security Rules

Bagis, Bilal - 2018

The Turkish social insurance system has been feverishly debated for years, particularly through its burden on the economy. The most recent reform is an attempt to neutralize the deterioration within the social security system and its effects on the economy. After the recent reform, ‘the way...

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Family Economics Writ Large

Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Vandenbroucke, Guillaume - 2016

fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a decline …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584677