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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 …
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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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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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Broadband Internet and the Stock Market Investments of Individual Investors
Hvide, Hans K.; Meling, Tom; Mogstad, Magne; Vestad, … - 2022
We study the effects of broadband internet use on the investment decisions of individual investors. A public program in Norway provides plausibly exogenous variation in internet use. Our instrumental variables estimates show that internet use causes a substantial increase in stock market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013492506
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Do mandatory pensions decrease household savings? : evidence for the Netherlands
Euwals, Rob - 2000
income. The goal of this paper is to test for the effect of mandatory pensions on discretionary household savings. The data … pensions have a significant negative impact on savings motives with respect to old age. Concerning the effect on household … occupational pensions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011318591
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Distributional effects of subsidizing retirement savings accounts : evidence from Germany
Corneo, Giacomo; Schröder, Carsten; König, Johannes - 2015
subsidization program in Germany. We find that 38% of the aggregate subsidy accrues to the top two deciles of the population, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281656
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Savings in Times of Demographic Change : Lessons from the German Experience
Börsch-Supan, Axel - 2014
paramount relevance for scientists and policy makers. We take Germany as an example: Twenty years of pension reform have … transition worked out? We survey the reform steps and household's reactions: How did individuals adjust their labor market … without supplementary pensions decreased from 73% to 39% in little more than a decade. This is a remarkable success …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013040083