The effects of pension changes on age of first benefit receipt: Regression discontinuity evidence from repatriated ethnic Germans

To estimate the effects of large cuts in pensions on the age of first benefit receipt, we exploit two natural experiments in which such cuts affect a group of repatriated ethnic German workers. The pensions were cut by about 12%, yet, according to our regression discontinuity estimates using adminis...

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Volume:	38
Main Author:	Puhani, Patrick A Tabbert, Falko
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	AMSTERDAM Elsevier B.V 01.01.2016 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV Elsevier Science Ltd
published in:	Labour economics Vol. 38; pp. 12 - 23
Data of publication:	January 2016
ISSN:	0927-5371 1879-1034
EISSN:	1879-1034
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Policy Labour supply Evaluation Pension reform Retirement Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Analysis Pensions Studies Labor economics Repatriation Regression analysis Labor force Equilibrium Germany Policy Labour supply Evaluation Pension reform H55 Retirement J26 SOCIAL-SECURITY MODEL
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2016 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS