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Pension policies in a model with endogenous fertility
Cipriani, Giam Pietro; Pascucci, Francesco - 2018
We set up an overlapping generations model with endogenous fertility to study pensions policies in an ageing economy … have negative effects on the fertility rate, thus exacerbating population ageing. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011855784
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Genes, legitimacy and hypergamy: another look at the economics of marriage
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2009
In order to credibly sell legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive mating opportunities. This paper derives the implications of this observation for the pattern of matching in marriage markets, the dynamics of human capital accumulation, and the evolution of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271277
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Genes, Legitimacy and Hypergamy: Another Look at the Economics of Marriage
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
In order to credibly "sell" legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive mating opportunities. This paper derives the implications of this observation for the pattern of matching in marriage markets, the dynamics of human capital accumulation, and the evolution of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123619
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Genes, Legitimacy and Hypergamy: Another Look at the Economics of Marriage
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
In order to credibly "sell" legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive mating opportunities. This paper derives the implications of this observation for the pattern of matching in marriage markets, the dynamics of human capital accumulation, and the evolution of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565196
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Stimulating annuity markets
Heijdra, Ben J.; Mierau, Jochen O.; Trimborn, Timo - 2014
We study the short-, medium-, and long-run implications of stimulating annuity markets in a dynamic general-equilibrium overlapping-generations model. We find that beneficial partial-equilibrium effects of stimulating annuity markets are counteracted by negative general-equilibrium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010361493
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Pensions and fertility: a simple proposal for reform
BUYSE, TIM - Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Gent - 2014
employment and growth, but also in an increase in fertility. Such an ‘intelligent’ pension design would maintain a strong link … to a fully-funded system might even reduce fertility. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083178
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Пенсионная реформа и межпоколенческий альтруизм в моделях экономической динамики
Surkov, Alexander - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
A complexity of a pension reform realization in a country with high level of intergenerational altruism is considered as a reason of a failure of the pension reform in Russia. Differences between intergenerational altruism levels in Russia and more modernized western countries are discussed....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765902
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Family Size, Looming Demographic Changes and the Efficiency of Social Security Reform
van Groezen, Bas; Meijdam, Lex; Leers, T. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000
This paper analyses the eeffects of ageing and child support in a model with endogenous fertility and Pay …-As-You-Go (PAYG) pensions. First, we show that the endogeneity of fertility makes society vulnerable to both pessimistic beliefs and … changes in life expectancy. In particular, we show that the private fertility choice may not coincide with the social optimum …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091071
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Stimulating Annuity Markets
Heijdra, Ben J.; Mierau, Jochen O.; Trimborn, Timo - 2014
We study the short-, medium-, and long-run implications of stimulating annuity markets in a dynamic general-equilibrium overlapping-generations model. We find that beneficial partial-equilibrium effects of stimulating annuity markets are counteracted by negative general-equilibrium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398668
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General-Equilibrium Effects of Privatisation : The Missing Piece in Social Security Reform
van Groezen, Bas; Meijdam, Lex; Verbon, H.A.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2002
This paper analyses the effects of reducing unfunded social security in a closed economy that consists of a service sector and a commodity sector.It is shown that if old agents mainly demand labour intensive services, a modest decrease of the pay-as-you-go pension scheme still raises long-run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011090643