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Pension incentives and labor force participation : evidence from the introduction of universal old-age assistance in the UK
Giesecke, Matthias; Jäger, Philipp - 2019 - preliminary draft
We estimate the labor force participation (LFP) response to the introduction of means-tested minimum pensions in the UK through the Old-Age Pension Act (OAP) of 1908. The OAP was a major social policy intervention and the first one to universally target older workers in a time of very limited...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012231954
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Pension incentives and labor supply: evidence from the introduction of universal old-age assistance in the UK
Giesecke, Matthias; Jäger, Philipp - 2021
We study the labor supply implications of the Old-Age Pension Act (OPA) of 1908, which, for the first time, provided pensions to older people in the UK. Using recently released census data covering the entire population, we exploit variation at the newly created age-based eligibility threshold....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550293
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Pension incentives and labor supply : evidence from the introduction of universal old-age assistance in the UK
Giesecke, Matthias; Jäger, Philipp - 2020
We study the labor supply effects and welfare implications of introducing a universal means-tested old-age assistance program in times of very limited social protection. We take advantage of a unique historical reform: The Old-Age Pension Act (OPA) of 1908, which, for the first time, provided...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012206620
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Pension incentives and labor supply: Evidence from the introduction of universal old-age assistance in the UK
Giesecke, Matthias; Jäger, Philipp - 2020
We study the labor supply effects and welfare implications of introducing a universal means-tested old-age assistance program in times of very limited social protection. We take advantage of a unique historical reform: The Old-Age Pension Act (OPA) of 1908, which, for the first time, provided...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012209552
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Pension Incentives and Labor Supply: Evidence from the Introduction of Universal Old-Age Assistance in the UK
Giesecke, Matthias; Jaeger, Philipp - 2021
We study the labor supply implications of the Old-Age Pension Act (OPA) of 1908, which, for the first time, provided pensions to older people in the UK. Using recently released census data covering the entire population, we exploit variation at the newly created age-based eligibility threshold....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597615
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Can pensions save lives? : evidence from the introduction of old-age assistance in the UK
Jäger, Philipp - 2023
data points to a reduction in residential crowding and retirement, especially from occupations associated with high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014235352
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Can pensions save lives? Evidence from the introduction of old-age assistance in the UK
Jäger, Philipp - 2023
data points to a reduction in residential crowding and retirement, especially from occupations associated with high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014278719
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Shrinking Boomer Social Security Retirement Benefits
Lipman, Francine J. - 2007
candles, they will have considered and likely decided whether to elect to take early Social Security retirement benefits … (SSRBs). Recent and evolving changes in the normal retirement age under Social Security, Medicare premiums and increased …, and the various timing-options, many boomers are unable to make informed decisions about critical retirement matters. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014048134
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Time to care? : the effects of retirement on informal care provision
Fischer, Björn; Müller, Kai-Uwe - 2019
This paper analyzes the impact of a reduction in women's labor supply through retirement on their informal care … regression discontinuity design. We exploit early retirement thresholds for women in the German pension system as instruments for … their retirement decision. We find significant positive effects on informal care provided by women retiring from employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012025791
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How do unemployed workers behave prior to retirement? : a multi-state multiple-spell approach
Gałecka-Burdziak, Ewa; Góra, Marek - 2017
time period 1996-2015. We examine the transition from unemployment to retirement as a multi-year process. We analyse …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011636685