Search Results - subject:"REFORMS"

Bierbrauer, Felix J.; Boyer, Pierre C.; Peichl, Andreas; … - 2023

the analysis of reforms toward individual taxation. We study the US federal income tax since the 1960s through the lens of … secondary earners. We also find that revenue-neutral reforms towards individual taxation are in the interest of couples with …

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(How) Do Electoral Surprises Drive Business Cycles? Evidence from a New Dataset

Fetzer, Thiemo; Yotzov, Ivan - 2023

This paper documents that surprise election outcomes – measured as deviations between realised vote shares and expected vote shares based on a newly constructed dataset of opinion polls and party and candidate vote shares close to election day – are causing non-negligible short-term...

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The Taxation of Couples

Bierbrauer, Felix; Boyer, Pierre; Peichl, Andreas; … - 2023

Are reforms towards individual taxation politically feasible? Are they desirable from a welfare perspective? We develop … today, Pareto-improvements require a move away from joint taxation. Revenue-neutral reforms towards individual taxation are … not Pareto-improving, but attract majoritysupport. Such reforms are rejected by Rawlsian welfare measures and supported by …

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Egy észszerű nyugdíjreform csomag: Magyarország, 2025

Simonovits, András - 2023

fairer. First, I outline the current system, then I present the simpler and the more complicated reforms. Here I only mention …

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A rational pension reform package: Hungary, 2025

Simonovits, András - 2023

current and the projected states of the Hungarian pension system are outlined, and then simple and complex reforms are …

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How and Why the Gender Pension Gap in Urban China Decreased between 1988 and 2018

Gustafsson, Björn Anders; Zhang, Peng; Jia, Hanrui - 2023

In urban China, gender gaps in employment and earnings have steadily increased since the 1990s. Such gender gaps are important because pension rights and amounts are based on labor force participation and wages. However, as this study demonstrates, despite the rise in gender differences in the...

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More Education Does Make You Happier – Unless You Are Unemployed

Bertermann, Alexander; Kamhöfer, Daniel A.; … - 2023

This paper investigates the causal effect of education on life satisfaction, exploring effect heterogeneity along employment status. We use exogenous variation in compulsory schooling requirements and the build-up of new, academically more demanding schools, shifting educational attainment along...

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Educate Some to Represent Many? Education and Female Political Representation in Europe

Bellani, Luna; Hidalgo-Hidalgo, Marisa - 2023

Gender disparity is present in many aspects of life, especially in politics. This paper provides new evidence on the impact of women's education on political representation focusing on several European countries. We combine multi-country data from the Gender Statistics Database of the European...

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Retirement Decision of Belgian Couples and the Impact of the Social Security System

Cetin, Sefane; Jousten, Alain - 2023

This paper investigates the retirement patterns of married couples in Belgium. To forecast retirement behavior, we use administrative Social Security data from 2003 to 2017 and a discrete choice random utility model. In particular, we concentrate on the spousal bonus of pension payments to...

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Tightening access to early retirement: Who can adapt?

Boockmann, Bernhard; Kroczek, Martin; Laub, Natalie - 2023

We study heterogeneity in the effects of two pension reforms in Germany that closed pathways into early retirement: the … on heterogeneity with respect to several occupational characteristics. Both reforms had significant effects on individual …

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