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The Impact of Wealth on Job Exit Rates of Elderly Workers

Bloemen, Hans G. - 2007

Theoretical models predict a positive impact of the level of individual wealth on the job exit probability. Empirically … this prediction is most likely to be relevant for elderly workers who have accumulated wealth throughout their working life … the introduction of more individual freedom of choice in pension schemes. The individual level of wealth will become an …

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Wealth Transfers and Tax Planning : Evidence for the German Bequest Tax

Sommer, Eric - 2017

The rising importance of bequests as a source of personal income lead to renewed interest in the taxation of wealth … almost exclusively occurs for donors rather than recipients of wealth transfers. Beyond, tax planning is more prevalent for …

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Heterogeneous Life-Cycle Profiles, Income Riskand Consumption Inequality

Primiceri, Giorgio E.; Rens, Thijs van - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

Was the increase in income inequality in the US due to permanent shocks or merely to anincrease in the variance of transitory shocks? The implications for consumption and welfaredepend crucially on the answer to this question. We use CEX repeated cross-section data onconsumption and income to...

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The Wealth, Health and Wellbeing of Ireland's Older People Before and During the Economic Crisis

Barrett, Alan - 2013

international bailout in 2010. Given the economic collapse, Ireland provides an ideal case-study of the link between wealth … this massive fall in wealth, measures of health and well-being remained broadly unchanged. However, expectations about …

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American Older Adults in the Time of COVID-19 : Vulnerability Types, Aging Attitudes, and Emotional Responses

Fu, Mingqi; Guo, Jing; Chen, Xi; Han, Boxun; Ahmad, … - 2022

With 1582 respondents from the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS), this study investigates the heterogeneity in older adults' vulnerability and examines the relationship between vulnerability types, aging attitudes and emotional responses. International Positive and Negative Affect Schedule...

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Can Subjective Mortality Expectations and Stated Preferences Explain Varying Consumption and Saving Behaviors Among the Elderly?

Salm, Martin - 2010

consumption and saving behavior of the elderly. Previous studies find that the large wealth disparities observed among the elderly …

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Locus of Control, Self-Control, and Health Outcomes

Botha, Ferdi; Dahmann, Sarah C. - 2022

We provide the first empirical evidence on the direct link between locus of control and self-control, and how they interact in explaining a range of health outcomes. Using rich Australian survey data, we find that, while the two traits are distinct constructs, a greater internal locus of control...

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Moral Hazard Heterogeneity : Genes and Health Insurance Influence Smoking after a Health Shock

Biroli, Pietro; Zwyssig, Laura - 2021

Decision-making in the realm of health behaviors, such as smoking or drinking, is influenced both by biological factors, such as genetic predispositions, as well as environmental factors, such as financial liquidity and health insurance status. We show how the choice of smoking after a...

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Time Preferences and Lifetime Outcomes

Golsteyn, Bart H. H. - 2013

This paper investigates the relationship between time preferences and lifetime social and economic behavior. We use a Swedish longitudinal dataset that links information from a large survey on children's time preferences at age 13 to administrative registers spanning over five decades. Our...

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The Effect of Superstition on Health : Evidence from the Taiwanese Ghost Month

Halla, Martin - 2019

Superstition is a widespread phenomenon. We empirically examine its impact on health-related behavior and health outcomes. We study the case of the Taiwanese Ghost month. During this period, which is believed to increase the likelihood of bad outcomes, we observe substantial adaptions in...

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