This paper presents new empirical evidence on the effects of retirement benefits on labor force participation decisions. We use administrative data on the census of private sector employees in Austria and variation from mandated discontinuous changes in retirement benefits from the Austrian...

Cash transfers can affect labor supply through two channels: current transfers and anticipated future transfers. I develop a framework that jointly estimates both channels using a difference-in-differences model. I apply the framework to the noncontributory pension program in South Africa, which...

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. RETIREMENT INCENTIVES IN THE PUBLIC PENSION SYSTEM -- III. LABOR PARTICIPATION AND TAX AND BENEFIT SYSTEMS IN SLOVENIA -- IV. CONCLUSION -- References -- APPENDIX I. PUBLIC PENSIONS SYSTEM PARAMETERS -- APPENDIX II. LIFE EXPECTANCY -- APPENDIX III....

This paper examines the impacts of recent Australian welfare to work reforms for low-income parents of school-aged children who had been in receipt of Parenting Payment – the main welfare payment for this group – for at least one year. Specifically, the reforms introduced a requirement to...