Social protection
- Eliciting individual preferences for pension reform
- Y.A. Fourati;C. O’Donoghue / CESifo, 2009
- Pension reform is nowadays in the forefront of the political agenda of many European countries. Using ireland as an example country, this paper analyses the different forces that can affect people&rsq...
- Reforming pensions
- N. Barr;P. Diamond / CESifo, 2009
- The primary cause of the pensions ‘crisis’ in many countries, this paper argues, is a failure to adapt to very long-run trends: increasing life expectancy (with exceptions), declining f...
- The 2008 Chilean reform to first-pillar pensions
- S. Valdés-Prieto / CESifo, 2009
- The Chilean Congress approved in January 2008 the replacement of her two current non-contributory subsidies for the old poor (“first pillar”) with a unified program with a pioneering desig...
- Alternative social security systems and growth
- I. Zaicha;M. Kaganovich / CESifo, 2008
- This paper aims to provide a theoretical analysis of the conjecture that the introduction of pay as you go [PAYG] social security has led to a substitution of human for physical capital. This is done ...
- Pension systems, ageing and the stability and growth pact
- R. Beetsma;H. Oksanen / CESifo, 2007
- In anticipation of the rising costs associated with ageing, European countries are reforming their pension systems, by reducing the generosity of pension arrangements, increasing retirement age and sw...
- The private and fiscal returns to schooling and the effect of public policies on private incentives to invest in education: a general framework and some results for the EU
- A. de la Fuente; J.F. Jimeno / CESifo, 2005
- This paper develops a comprehensive framework for the quantitative analysis of the private and fiscal returns to schooling and of the effect of public policies on private incentives to invest in educa...
- Computers and student learning: bivariate and multivariate evidence on the availability and use of computers at home and at school
- T. Fuchs; L. Woessmann / CESifo, 2004
- The paper estimates the relationship between students’ educational achievement and the availability and use of computers at home and at school in the international student-level PISA database. Bivaria...
- Why forcing people to save for retirement may backfire
- M. Buetler; O. Huguenin; F. Teppa / CESifo, 2005
- This paper suggests that affordability is a key determinant in the retirement decisions made by individuals. The authors use individual data from a selection of Swiss pension funds to show that the i...
- The role of the state in economic development
- G. Tabellini / CESifo, 2004
- This paper explores what extent of state intervention is beneficial for fostering economic development. Based on a review of recent empirical research findings, the paper explores the following issues...
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