Search Results - subject:"Public pension system"

Pension reform effects in times of technological change and shifting task composition

Boockmann, Bernhard; Herdegen, Natalie; Kroczek, Martin - 2026

We study heterogeneity in the effects of a pension reform in Germany: the introduction of the old-age pension for the very long-term insured, which lowered the threshold for full pension receipt from age 65 to 63. Using a regression discontinuity design (RDD) and rich administrative pension...

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Is GDP growth necessary to maintain pensions? : an empirical analysis of public pension spending and benefits in the OECD

Palomera, David; Starke, Peter - 2026

The literature on growth dependencies increasingly calls for post-growth welfare states capable of functioning without reliance on GDP growth in order to remain within planetary limits. Yet empirical research on the relationship between welfare state arrangements and economic growth remains...

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Integration or isolation? : the impact of retirement on social capital

Atalay, Kadir; Staneva, Anita; Zhu, Rong - 2026

This paper examines the causal impact of retirement on social capital using nationally representative Australian panel data. Exploiting the eligibility age for the Age Pension, we find that retirement significantly enhances social capital by increasing social connectedness and community...

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What happens when the social security trust fund is exhausted : an alternative contingency policy

Warshawsky, Mark J. - 2026

When the Social Security retirement Trust Fund is exhausted in 2032, old-age and survivor benefits in total must be cut by 24 percent, according to current projections. This is generally thought to be an across-the-board cut by the Social Security Administration, which would hit the poor...

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Analysepotenzial der Lohn- und Einkommensteuerstatistik zu Altersvorsorgebeiträgen und Renten : Abschlussbericht

Jansen, Andreas - 2026

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Pension saving in a gendered lifecourse

James, Hayley - 2026

Despite automatic enrolment in work pension schemes, private saving for pensions in the UK is relatively low, with most people under-pensioned in later life and reliant on the state pension. In this book, Hayley James shows that equally significant is that women save far less for old age than...

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Retirement under policy uncertainty

Bello, Piera; Galasso, Vincenzo; Izzo, Alessandro - 2026

This paper examines how policy uncertainty influences retirement decisions. We develop a simple model in which individuals face a one-time choice between immediate retirement and continued employment until the statutory retirement age. In the absence of policy uncertainty, retirement decisions...

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''State-ification'' of the entrepreneur or ''entrepreneurialization'' of the state? : how Singapore challenges both Mazzucato and her critics

Hjortsberg, Jacob - 2026

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Optimal risk sharing and incentive provision in social security systems

Berriel, Rafael; Costa, Carlos E. da - 2026

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The economic determinants of old-age poverty in South Korea : evidence from longitudinal household data

Giannelli, Gianna Claudia; Hegyi, Tamara - 2026

In South Korea, nearly 40% of the elderly population lives in poverty, one of the highest rates in the developed world. As the country undergoes a rapid demographic transition and the share of older individuals increases, understanding the drivers of old-age poverty becomes increasingly...

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