This paper studies the effect of a delayed retirement policy on female labor supply in the Netherlands. The policy which offers a tax credit for each year of work beyond the age of 62 was introduced in 2009. Using a Difference-in-Differences framework, this study finds that eligibility for the...

This paper studies the saving response of households to shocks in the capital position of their pension fund. Using survey panel data matched to supervisory data of Dutch occupational pension funds for a period that involved three major economic crises, we provide evidence of an increase in...

The Dutch government modified twice the taxation of intergenerational transfers aimed at mortgage down-payments and prepayments. We identify the causal effects of the tax exemption on prepayments and inter vivos transfers separately by exploiting changes in the policy design. Subsequent policy...