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Rates of return and early retirement disincentives : evidence from a German pension reform
Lüthen, Holger - 2014
undergoing fundamental reforms in many Western countries. Starting with cohort 1937, Germany introduced permanent pension … background of this reform for cohorts 1935-1945. I measure the profitability with the internal rate of return (IRR) and use high … that the deductions introduced by the reform only cause some part of this trend. The majority of the trend, about 75 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010362261
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Rates of return and early retirement disincentives : evidence from a German pension reform
Lüthen, Holger - 2014
undergoing fundamental reforms in many Western countries. Starting with cohort 1937, Germany introduced permanent pension … background of this reform for cohorts 1935-1945. I measure the profitability with the internal rate of return (IRR) and use high … that the deductions introduced by the reform only cause some part of this trend. The majority of the trend, about 75 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010362934
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Rates of return and early retirement disincentives : evidence from a German pension reform ; conference paper
Lüthen, Holger - 2014
Western societies. Starting with cohort 1937, Germany introduced permanent pension deductions for early retirement. This paper … examines the evolution of the profitability of pension contributions against the background of this reform for cohorts 1935 … the reform only cause some part of this trend, with a major part caused by increases in contributions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488502
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Rates of Return and Early Retirement Disincentives : Evidence from a German Pension Reform
Lüthen, Holger - 2014
undergoing fundamental reforms in many Western countries. Starting with cohort 1937, Germany introduced permanent pension … background of this reform for cohorts 1935-1945. I measure the profitability with the internal rate of return (IRR) and use high … that the deductions introduced by the reform only cause some part of this trend. The majority of the trend, about 75 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013052317
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Rates of return and early retirement disincentives : evidence from a German pension reform
Lüthen, Holger - In: German economic review 17 (2016) 2, pp. 206-233
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011474095
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Profitability of Pension Contributions : Evidence from Real-Life Employment Biographies
Schröder, Carsten - 2012
partner. Due to survivor pensions, married insurants benefit from higher IRR as compared to the non-married. Interestingly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014044699
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Profitability of pension contributions : evidence from real-life employment biographies
Schröder, Carsten - 2010
partner. Due to survivor pensions, married insurants benefit from higher IRR as compared to the non-married. Interestingly …. -- Pay-as-you-go ; pensions ; rate of return ; redistribution ; employment biography …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009262081
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Will they take the money and work? : an empirical analysis of people's willingness to delay claiming social security benefits for a lump sum
Maurer, Raimond; Mitchell, Olivia S.; Rogalla, Ralph; … - 2015
This paper investigates whether exchanging the Social Security delayed retirement credit, currently paid as an increase in lifetime annuity benefits, for a lump sum would induce later claiming and additional work. We show that people would voluntarily claim about half a year later if the lump...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010482081
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Role of Actuarial Reduction Rates in Individual Retirement Planning in Germany
Kluth, Sebastian - 2014
pension payments in Germany and to what extent the existence and the magnitude of such reduction rates influence people …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014142456
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Chapter 11. Complex Decision Making : The Roles of Cognitive Limitations, Cognitive Decline, and Aging
Keane, M.P.; Thorp, S. - In: Handbook of the economics of population aging : Volume 1, (pp. 661-709). 2016
We review the evidence on decision making in complex choice situations—i.e., situations where there are many alternatives and/or where attributes of alternatives are difficult to understand. We focus on choices about health insurance, health care, and retirement planning, all of which are very...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023472