IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Is an early retirement offer good for your health? Quasi-experimental evidence from the army' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 44, 274–285

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8260

Early Retirement and Post Retirement Health

Daniel Hallberg, Per Johansson, Malin Josephson

published as 'Is an early retirement offer good for your health? Quasi-experimental evidence from the army' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 44, 274–285

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8211

Pension Design with a Large Informal Labor Market: Evidence from Chile

Clement Joubert

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8071

Roadblocks on the Road to Grandma's House: Fertility Consequences of Delayed Retirement

Erich Battistin, Michele De Nadai, Mario Padula

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7879

Social Insurance, Informality and Labor Markets: How to Protect Workers While Creating Good Jobs

Carmen Pagés, Jamele Rigolini, David A. Robalino

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7794

Is There an Educational Penalty for Being Suspended from School?

Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Sonja C. de New, Trinh Le, Duncan McVicar, Rong Zhang

published in: Education Economics, 2015, 23 (4), 376-395

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7783

Health Status, Disability and Retirement Incentives in Belgium

Alain Jousten, Mathieu Lefèbvre, Sergio Perelman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7755

The Side Effect of Pension Reforms on Training: Evidence from Italy

Giorgio Brunello, Simona Lorena Comi

published in: Journal of Economics of Aging, 2015, 6, 113 - 122

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7596

(Lack of) Pension Knowledge

Alan Barrett, Irene Mosca, Brendan J. Whelan

published as 'How Well-informed are Pension Scheme Members on their Future Pension Benefits?: Evidence from Ireland' in: Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 2015, 27(4), 295-313

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7591

Enlisting Employees in Improving Payroll-Tax Compliance: Evidence from Mexico

Todd J. Kumler, Eric Verhoogen, Judith A. Frias

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 102 (5), 881–896.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7518

Bridging the Gap in Pension Participation: How Much Can Universal Tax-Deferred Pension Coverage Hope to Achieve?

Nadia S Karamcheva, Geoffrey Sanzenbacher

published in: Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2014, 13 (4), 439-459

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7387

Retirement Incentives in Belgium: Estimations and Simulations Using SHARE Data

Alain Jousten, Mathieu Lefèbvre

published in: De Economist, 2013, 161 (3), 253-276

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7269

How Sensitive Are Individual Retirement Expectations to Raising the Retirement Age?

Andries de Grip, Didier Fouarge, Raymond Montizaan

published in: De Economist, 2013, 161, 225–251

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7144

Population Ageing and PAYG Pensions in the OLG Model

Giam Pietro Cipriani

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2014, 27 (1), 251-256

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6955

Negative Reciprocity and Retrenched Pension Rights

Raymond Montizaan, Frank Cörvers, Andries de Grip, Thomas Dohmen

published as 'The Impact of Negatively Reciprocal Inclinations on Worker Behavior: Evidence from a Retrenchment of Pension Rights' in: Management Science, 2016, 62(3), 668-681

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6811

Coping with Intra-Household Job Separation in South Africa's Labor Market

Zoe McLaren

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2019, 67 (4), 757–798

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6800

Global Pension Systems and Their Reform: Worldwide Drivers, Trends, and Challenges

Robert Holzmann

published in: International Social Security Review 2013, 66 (2), 1-29

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6800

Global Pension Systems and Their Reform: Worldwide Drivers, Trends, and Challenges

Robert Holzmann

published in: International Social Security Review 2013, 66 (2), 1-29

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6797

Pension Coverage for Parents and Educational Investment in Children: Evidence from Urban China

Ren Mu, Yang Du

published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2017, 31(2), 483-503.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6745

Income Distribution among those of 65 Years and Older in Sweden

Gabriella Sjögren Lindquist, Eskil Wadensjö

published in: Marek Szczpanski (ed.), Old Age Crisis and Pension Reform. Where do we stand?, Poznan: Publishing House of Poznan University of Technology, 2013

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6439

The Impact of Colombia's Pension and Health Insurance Systems on Informality

Valentina Calderón-Mejía, Ioana E. Marinescu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6325

Announcing an Increase in the State Pension Age and the Recession: Which Mattered More for Expected Retirement Ages?

Alan Barrett, Irene Mosca

published as 'Increasing the State Pension Age, the Recession and Expected Retirement Ages' in: Economic and Social Review 2013, 44 (4), 447-472

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6088

The Labor Supply and Retirement Behavior of China's Older Workers and Elderly in Comparative Perspective

John T. Giles, Dewen Wang, Wei Cai

published in: M. Majmundar and J. Smith (eds.), Aging in Asia: Findings from New and Emerging Data Initiatives, Washington, DC,The National Academies Press, 2012

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5979

The Recent Evolution of Retirement Patterns in Canada

Pierre Lefebvre, Philip Merrigan, Pierre-Carl Michaud

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5858

Longevity, Life-Cycle Behavior and Pension Reform

Peter Haan, Victoria L. Prowse

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2014, 178 (3), 582-601

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5759

The Future of Retirement and the Pension System: How the Public's Expectations Vary over Time and across Socio-Economic Groups

Luc Bissonnette, Arthur van Soest

published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2012, 1:2

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5656

Total Reward in the UK in the Public and Private Sectors

Alexander M. Danzer, Peter Dolton

published in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19 (4), 584-594

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5554

Pensions, Household Saving, and Welfare: A Dynamic Analysis

David M. Blau

revised version published as ' Pensions, household saving, and welfare: A dynamic analysis of crowd out' in Quantitative Economics, 2016, 7 (1), 193 - 224

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5331

Income Uncertainty and Household Savings in China

Marcos Chamon, Kai Liu, Eswar Prasad

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 105, 164-177

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5296

Addressing the Legacy Costs in an NDC Reform: Conceptualization, Measurement, Financing

Robert Holzmann, Alain Jousten

published in: Edward Palmer, Robert Holzmann and David Robalino, Nonfinancial Defined Contribution Pension Schemes in a Changing Pension World: Volume 2, Gender, Politics, and Financial Stability, World Bank, 2013, 277-304

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5276

Aging and Pensions in General Equilibrium: Labor Market Imperfections Matter

David de la Croix, Olivier Pierrard, Henri R. Sneessens

published in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2013, 37 (1), 104-124

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5256

What Do Unions Do to Pension Performance?

William E. Even, David A. Macpherson

revised version published in: Economic Inquiry, 2014, 52 (3), 1173-1189

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5235

Is Social Security Secure with NDC?

Tito Boeri, Vincenzo Galasso

published in: R. Holzmann, E. Palmer and D. Robalino (eds.), 2012, NDC Pension Schemes in a Changing Pension World, Volume 2: Gender, Politics, and Financial Stability, Chapter 6. Financial Stability, Chapter 5. Washington D.C.: The World Bank & Swedish Social Insurance Agency

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5090

Preferences for Redistribution and Pensions: What Can We Learn from Experiments?

Franziska Tausch, Jan Potters, Arno Riedl

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4894

Estimating the Impact of Immigrants on the Host Country Social Security System When Return Migration is an Endogenous Choice

Murat Güray Kirdar

published in: International Economic Review, 2012, 53 (2), 453-486

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4815

Public Pensions, Changing Employment Patterns, and the Impact of Pension Reforms across Birth Cohorts: A Microsimulation Analysis for Germany

Johannes Geyer, Viktor Steiner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4726

Retirement Responses to a Generous Pension Reform: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Eastern Europe

Alexander M. Danzer

revised version published as 'Benefit Generosity and the Income Effect on Labour Supply: Quasi-Experimental Evidence' in: Economic Journal, 2013, 123 (571), 1059-1084

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4680

Policies to Create and Destroy Human Capital in Europe

James J. Heckman, Bas Jacobs

published in: Hans-Werner Sinn and Edmund Phelps (eds.), Perspectives on the Performance of the Continental Economies, MIT Press, 2011, 253-322

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4505

How Sensitive Are Retirement Decisions to Financial Incentives: A Stated Preference Analysis

Hana Voňková, Arthur van Soest

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4481

Portfolio Allocation in the Face of a Means-Tested Public Pension

Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Vincent A. Hildebrand

pubished in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2011, 57 (3), 536 - 560

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4479

Eliciting Individual Preferences for Pension Reform

Yosr Abid Fourati, Cathal O'Donoghue

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4440

Does the Welfare State Make Older Workers Unemployable?

Gilles Saint-Paul

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4284

The Impact of a Phased Retirement Program: A Case Study

Marta Lachowska, Annika Sundén, Eskil Wadensjö

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4179

Optimal Family Policy in the Presence of Moral Hazard, When the Quantity and Quality of Children Are Stochastic

Alessandro Cigno, Annalisa Luporini

published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2011, 57 (2), 349-364

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4088

The Growth of Participant Direction in Defined Contribution Plans

William E. Even, David A. Macpherson

published in: Industrial Relations, 2010, 49(2), 190–208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4034

Shattered Dreams: The Effects of Changing the Pension System Late in the Game

Andries de Grip, Maarten Lindeboom, Raymond Montizaan

published in: Economic Journal, 2012, 122 (559), 1–25

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3821

Pension Reforms and Women Retirement Plans

Tito Boeri, Agar Brugiavini

published in: Journal of Population Ageing, 2008, 1 (1), 7 - 30

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3521

Reforming Retirement-Income Systems: Lessons from the Recent Experiences of OECD Countries

John P. Martin, Edward Whitehouse

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3521

Reforming Retirement-Income Systems: Lessons from the Recent Experiences of OECD Countries

John P. Martin, Edward Whitehouse

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3521

Reforming Retirement-Income Systems: Lessons from the Recent Experiences of OECD Countries

John P. Martin, Edward Whitehouse

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3521

Reforming Retirement-Income Systems: Lessons from the Recent Experiences of OECD Countries

John P. Martin, Edward Whitehouse

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3248

Sweden's Pensioners: How They Have Fared in the Roller Coaster Ride through the Past Decade and a Half of Deep Recession and Economic Exuberance

Björn Anders Gustafsson, Mats Johansson, Edward Palmer

revised version published as "The Welfare of Sweden's Old-age Pensioners in Times of Bust and Boom from 1990" in: Ageing and Society, 2009, 29 (4), 539-561

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2991

What Explains Trends in Labor Force Participation of Older Men in the United States?

David M. Blau, Ryan Goodstein

revised version published as 'Can Social Security Explain Trends in Labor Force Participation of older Men in the United States?' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2010, 45 (2), 328 - 363

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2979

Social Security Coverage and the Labor Market in Developing Countries

Paula Auerbach, Maria Eugenia Genoni, Carmen Pagés

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2939

Pension Plan Characteristics and Framing Effects in Employee Savings Behavior

David Card, Michael R. Ransom

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93 (1), 228 - 243

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2714

'Voluntary' and 'Involuntary' Early Retirement: An International Analysis

David Dorn, Alfonso Sousa-Poza

published in: Applied Economics, 2010, 42 (4), 427-438

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2668

The Effect of Pensions on Longevity: Evidence from Union Army Veterans

Martin Salm

revised version published in: Economic Journal, 2011, 212 (552), 595 - 619

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2564

Worker Characteristics, Job Characteristics, and Opportunities for Phased Retirement

Robert M. Hutchens

substantially revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (6), 1010-1021

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2376

Pension Investments in Employer Stock

William E. Even, David A. Macpherson

published in: Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2008, 7 (1), 67-93

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2354

The Income of the Swedish Baby Boomers

Lennart Flood, N. Anders Klevmarken, Andreea Mitrut

published in A. Klevmarken and B. Lindgren (eds.), Simulating an Ageing Population. A microsimulation approach to Sweden, Contributions to Economic Analysis No 285, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Bingley, U.K. 2008

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2273

Part-Time Pensions and Part-Time Work in Sweden

Eskil Wadensjö

published in: European Papers on the New Welfare, 2006, 6, 29-45

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1967

Is There a Social Security Tax Wedge?

Alessandro Cigno

published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (1), 68-77

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1967

Is There a Social Security Tax Wedge?

Alessandro Cigno

published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (1), 68-77

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1831

Why Are More Redistributive Social Security Systems Smaller? A Median Voter Approach

Marko Koethenbuerger, Panu Poutvaara, Paola Profeta

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2008, 60 (2), 275-292

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1797

A Constitutional Theory of the Family

Alessandro Cigno

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2006, 19 (2), 259-289

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1729

Social Security Incentives, Human Capital Investment and Mobility of Labor

Panu Poutvaara

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91 (7-8), 1299-1325

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1544

Should We Extend the Role of Private Social Expenditure?

Mark Pearson, John P. Martin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1537

Pension Incomes in the European Union: Policy Reform Strategies in Comparative Perspective

Daniela Mantovani, Fotis Papadopoulos, Holly Sutherland, Panos Tsakloglou

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2006, 25, 27-71

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1486

Social Security in Belgium: Distributive Outcomes

Alain Jousten, Mathieu Lefèbvre, Sergio Perelman, Pierre Pestieau

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1369

Shifting Perspectives in Pensions

Marek Góra, Edward Palmer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1193

Deferred Compensation and Gift Exchange: An Experimental Investigation into Multi-Period Labor Markets

Steffen Huck, Andrew Seltzer, Brian Wallace

published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (2), 819-843

IZA Discussion Paper No. 961

Generational Accounting, Solidarity and Pension Losses

Coen Teulings, Casper G. de Vries

published in: De Economist, 2006, 154 (1), 63-83

IZA Discussion Paper No. 961

Generational Accounting, Solidarity and Pension Losses

Coen Teulings, Casper G. de Vries

published in: De Economist, 2006, 154 (1), 63-83

IZA Discussion Paper No. 961

Generational Accounting, Solidarity and Pension Losses

Coen Teulings, Casper G. de Vries

published in: De Economist, 2006, 154 (1), 63-83

IZA Discussion Paper No. 735

Micro-Simulation of Social Security Reforms in Belgium

Raphaël Desmet, Alain Jousten, Sergio Perelman, Pierre Pestieau

published in: J. Gruber and D. Wise, (eds.), “Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Fiscal Implications of Reform”, 2007, University of Chicago Press and NBER

IZA Discussion Paper No. 538

The Pension Transfer Program

Mike Orszag, Dennis J. Snower

IZA Discussion Paper No. 536

Pension Taxes versus Early Retirement Rights

Mike Orszag, Dennis J. Snower

IZA Discussion Paper No. 532

From Unemployment Benefits to Unemployment Accounts

Mike Orszag, Dennis J. Snower

IZA Discussion Paper No. 343

Will it Last? An Assessment of the 2001 German Pension Reform

Holger Bonin