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Old‐Age Government Transfers and the Crowding Out of Private Gifts: The 70 and Above Program for the Rural Elderly in Mexico

by Amuedo‐Dorantes, Catalina Juarez, Laura Published in Southern economic journal (01.01.2015)

“...We estimate the crowding out of private transfers caused by 70 y Más –a public assistance program for the rural elderly in Mexico for whom family support is an...”

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Could Social Security Go Broke?

by Bergmann, Barbara R Published in The Economists' voice (2005)

“...The public is anxious because it has often been told that Social Security will â€œrun out of money around 2042", that it â€œwonâ€™t be there for our young...”

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Optimal Financial Knowledge and Wealth Inequality

by Lusardi, Annamaria Michaud, Pierre-Carl Mitchell, Olivia S Published in The Journal of political economy (01.04.2017)

“...We show that financial knowledge is a key determinant of wealth inequality in a stochastic life cycle model with endogenous financial knowledge accumulation,...”

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Social protection response to the COVID-19 crisis: options for developing countries

by Gerard, François Imbert, Clément Orkin, Kate Published in Oxford review of economic policy (2020)

“...Abstract The public health response to COVID-19 in many countries has involved strict restrictions on movement and economic activity which threaten the...”

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Disentangling retirement and savings responses

by Lindeboom, Maarten Montizaan, Raymond Published in Journal of public economics (01.12.2020)

“...•We use a reform that implied a substantive drop in public pension wealth.•At the same time, a tax-facilitated savings program was introduced.•The treated...”

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Targeting of social transfers: Are India’s poor older people left behind?

by Asri, Viola Published in World development (01.03.2019)

“...•I examine the targeting performance of and access to social pensions in India.•Exclusion of poor older people continues to be a widespread problem.•The...”

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Does Disability Insurance Receipt Discourage Work? Using Examiner Assignment to Estimate Causal Effects of SSDI Receipt

by Maestas, Nicole Mullen, Kathleen J Strand, Alexander Published in The American economic review (01.08.2013)

“...We present the first causal estimates of the effect of Social Security Disability Insurance benefit receipt on labor supply using all program applicants. We...”

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GOTCHA! Network-Based Fraud Detection for Social Security Fraud

by Van Vlasselaer, Veronique Eliassi-Rad, Tina Akoglu, Leman Snoeck, Monique Baesens, Bart Published in Management science (01.09.2017)

“...We study the impact of network information for social security fraud detection. In a social security system, companies have to pay taxes to the government...”

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Placing the Production of Investment Returns: An Economic Geography of Asset Management in Public Pension Plans

by Urban, Michael A Published in Economic geography (20.10.2019)

“...Public pension funds are engulfed in a severe funding crisis. At stake is the financial stability of state and local governments as well as the welfare of over...”

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More Courage for Pension Policy! A Proposal

by Stefan Voigt Published in Wirtschaftsdienst (Hamburg) (01.04.2020)

“...Abstract There is a broad consensus that Germany’s pension system needs substantial reform. However, politicians shy away from this because they are afraid...”

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The employment effects of terminating disability benefits

by Moore, Timothy J Published in Journal of public economics (01.04.2015)

“...Few social security disability insurance (DI) beneficiaries return to the labor force, making it hard to assess their likely employment in the absence of...”

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Mental Retirement

by Rohwedder, Susann Willis, Robert J Published in The Journal of economic perspectives (01.01.2010)

“...Some studies suggest that people can maintain their cognitive abilities through "mental exercise." This has not been unequivocally proven. Retirement is...”

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The Effects of Differential Income Replacement and Mortality on U.S. Social Security Redistribution

by Tan, Li Koedel, Cory Published in Southern economic journal (01.10.2019)

“...We study redistribution via the U.S. Social Security retirement system for cohorts of men born during the second half of the 20th century. Our focus is on...”

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Does retirement affect cognitive functioning?

by Bonsang, Eric Adam, Stéphane Perelman, Sergio Published in Journal of health economics (01.05.2012)

“...This paper analyses the effect of retirement on cognitive functioning using a longitudinal survey among older Americans, which allows controlling for...”

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Understanding the effect of retirement on health: Mechanisms and heterogeneity

by Eibich, Peter Published in Journal of health economics (01.09.2015)

“...•This paper estimates the mechanisms behind the health effects of retirement.•Financial incentives in the German pension system are exploited for...”

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Retirement Expectations and Satisfaction with Retirement Provisions

by de Bresser, Jochem van Soest, Arthur Published in The Review of income and wealth (01.03.2015)

“...This paper investigates the relationship between subjective expectations regarding the replacement rate of income at retirement and several measures of pension...”

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