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Migrants, Ethnicity and the Welfare State
Epstein, Gil S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
A model is set up where migrants must choose a level of social traits and consumption of ethnic goods. As the … consumption level of ethnic goods increases, the migrants become ever more different to the local population and are less … assimilated. Less assimilation affects the reaction of the local population to the migrants and their willingness to accept the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010695859
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Health Status, Disability and Retirement Incentives in Belgium
Jousten, Alain; Lefèbvre, Mathieu; Perelman, Sergio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
identified: old-age pensions, conventional early retirement, disability insurance, and unemployment insurance are the most …
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Retirement Incentives in Belgium: Estimations and Simulations Using SHARE Data
Jousten, Alain; Lefèbvre, Mathieu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The paper studies retirement behavior of wage‐earners in Belgium – for the first time using rich survey data to explore retirement incentives as faced by individuals. Specifically, we use SHARE data to estimate a model à la Stock and Wise (1990). Exploring the longitudinal nature of...
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Social Policies for a Recovery
Immervoll, Herwig; Llena-Nozal, Ana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The fallout from the global economic downturn of 2008-09 is a continuing source of stress on families and a constraint on government policies. How can social policies contribute to a quick and equitable recovery from the crisis and how can they best respond to the difficulties that households...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325413
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Does the Welfare State Make Older Workers Unemployable?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
specificities for the effect of labor market institutions on the employability of those workers. It shows that while unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565215
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What Explains Trends in Labor Force Participation of Older Men in the United States?
Blau, David M.; Goodstein, Ryan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
After nearly a full century of decline, the Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) of older men in the United States leveled off in the 1980s, and began to increase in the late 1990s. We use a time series of cross sections from 1962 to 2005 to model the LFPR of men aged 55-69, with the aim of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762086
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Social Security in Belgium: Distributive Outcomes
Jousten, Alain; Lefèbvre, Mathieu; Perelman, Sergio; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
The paper analyzes the link between old-age income programs and economic outcomes in Belgium. We use a simulation methodology to construct an average pension generosity variable. Our regression analysis explores the link with distributional outcomes in income, consumption and more subjective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762242
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‘Voluntary’ and ‘Involuntary’ Early Retirement: An International Analysis
Dorn, David; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Recent literature makes a distinction between 'voluntary' and 'involuntary' early retirement, where 'involuntary' early retirement results from employment constraints rather than from a preference for leisure relative to work. This paper analyzes 'voluntary' and 'involuntary' early retirement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703195
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Early Retirement and Post Retirement Health
Hallberg, Daniel; Johansson, Per; Josephson, Malin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper studies empirically the consequences of retirement on health. We make use of a targeted retirement offer to army employees 55 years of age or older. Before the offer was implemented in the Swedish defense, the normal retirement age was 60 years of age. Estimating the effect of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884323
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From Unemployment Benefits to Unemployment Accounts
Orszag, J. Michael; Snower, Dennis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
. When people retire, they could use their remaining UA balances to top up their pensions. Under the unemployment benefit …We explore the implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by unemployment accounts (UA). Under … the UA system, employed people would be required to make ongoing contributions to their unemployment accounts, and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566498