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Transfers to women may affect their bargaining power within the household and consequently their well-being. We analyze the effects of a pension reform in Argentina that resulted in an unexpected and substantial increase in permanent income for around 1.8 million senior women (women 60 years and...
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equal pensions for all but different contributions which may or may not increase with the number of children. Additionally … case, pensions are decreasing in the number of children: in the latter case, they are increasing. …
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constructed for revenue and expenditure. They show that the rising number of social benefit earners (pensions, unemployment) is …
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smoothly over lifetime consumption. When stock markets are depressed equity should be bought, savings and consumption should be …
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Intergenerational inequality and old-age poverty are salient issues in contemporary China. China's aging population threatens the fiscal sustainability of its pension system, a key vehicle for intergenerational redistribution. We analyze the positive and normative effects of alternative pension...
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these developments, policyholders desire pensions tailored to their individual needs. This paper proposes a new type of … risk-sharing functions of pensions, PPRs allow risk management and (dis)saving to be customized to the specific features of … illiquid capital, complementing public retirement provision, reducing the interest-rate sensitivity of pensions and smoothing …
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percentage point change in the share of men choosing to annuitize their savings. We also show that the estimated responsiveness …
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When entering retirement most people face the decision whether they would like their defined contribution account balance paid as a lump sum or to annuitize the amount. The fact that people tend to choose the lump sum even if economic reasons suggest not to is called the annuity puzzle. In a...
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This study investigates the determinants of applications for US disability benefits between 1986 and 1993 using a semiparametric discrete factor procedure. Approximating a dynamic optimization model, the estimation carefully accounts for a variety of potential biases that weren’t addressed in...
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This study investigates the labour force behaviour of older married couples in Germany. Monthly observations from the first 11 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) are used to describe and analyse the relationship between the labour force behaviour of husbands and wives. The...
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