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The IZA Discussion Paper Series (ISSN: 2365-9793) disseminates high-quality research by IZA network members to the scientific community and the interested public worldwide before they are later published in academic journals. Comprising over 14,000 papers, IZA's publication flagship is the most influential working paper series in labor economics. 

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71 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15100
Progressing Towards Efficiency: The Role for Labor Tax Progression in Reforming Social Security
Krzysztof Makarski, Joanna Tyrowicz, Oliwia Komada
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14805
Efficiency versus Insurance: Capital Income Taxation and Privatizing Social Security
Krzysztof Makarski, Joanna Tyrowicz, Oliwia Komada
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14765
The Political (In)Stability of Funded Social Security
Roel M. W. J. Beetsma, Oliwia Komada, Krzysztof Makarski, Joanna Tyrowicz
forthcoming in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2021.104237
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14555
How Collective Bargaining Shapes Poverty: New Evidence for Developed Countries
Kevin Pineda-Hernández, Francois Rycx, Mélanie Volral
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14018
Social Security and Endogenous Demographic Change: Child Support and Retirement Policies
Giam Pietro Cipriani, Tamara Fioroni
forthcoming in: Journal of Pension Economics and Finance
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13900
Labor Supply Responses to Learning the Tax and Benefit Schedule
Andreas Ravndal Kostol, Andreas S. Myhre
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13542
Wage Determination and the Bite of Collective Contracts in Italy and Spain: Evidence from the Metalworking Industry
Effrosyni Adamopoulou, Ernesto Villanueva
forthcoming in: Labour Economics, 2022
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13537
The Impact of Social Security on Pension Claiming and Retirement: Active vs. Passive Decisions
Rafael Lalive, Arvind Magesan, Stefan Staubli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13317
The Contribution of Payroll Taxation to Wage Inequality in France
Antoine Bozio, Thomas Breda, Malka Guillot
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13263
Social Security, Labor Supply and Health of Older Workers: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Large Reform
Itay Saporta-Eksten, Ity Shurtz, Sarit Weisburd
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13182
Is Rising Household Debt Affecting Retirement Decisions?
Barbara A. Butrica, Nadia S Karamcheva
published in: Olivia Mitchell and Annamaria Lusardi (eds.), Remaking Retirement: Debt in an Aging Economy, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2020
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12982
Dynamic Incentives in Retirement Earnings-Replacement Benefits
Andres Dean, Sebastian Fleitas, Mariana Zerpa
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12909
Demography and Provisions for Retirement: The Pension Composition, a Behavioral Approach
Bernard M. S. van Praag, J. Peter Hop
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12655
Life Cycle Saving and Dissaving Revisited across Three-Tiered Income Groups: Starting Hypotheses, Refinement through Literature Review, and Ideas for Empirical Testing
Robert Holzmann, Mercedes Ayuso, Estefanía Alaminos, Jorge Miguel Bravo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12502
Does Tax-Benefit Linkage Matter for the Incidence of Social Security Contributions?
Antoine Bozio, Thomas Breda, Julien Grenet
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12442
Samuelson's Contributions to Population Theory and Overlapping Generations in Economics
Ronald D. Lee
forthcoming in: a Palgrave volume on Paul Samuelson, Paul Samuelson Master of Modern Economics, edited by Robert Cord
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12263
Behavioral Impediments to Valuing Annuities: Complexity and Choice Bracketing
Jeffrey R. Brown, Arie Kapteyn, Erzo F.P. Luttmer, Olivia S. Mitchell, Anya Samek
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11847
Growing Together: Assessing Equity and Efficiency in an Early-Life Health Program in Chile
Damian Clarke, Gustavo Cortés Méndez, Diego Vergara Sepúlveda
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2020, 33 (3), 883-956
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11775
Social Security Incentives in Belgium: An Analysis of Four Decades of Change
Anne-Lore Fraikin, Alain Jousten, Mathieu Lefèbvre
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11728
Minimum Wages and Retirement
Mark Borgschulte, Heepyung Cho
forthcoming in: ILR Review, 2019
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11481
Status and Progress in Cross-Border Portability of Social Security Benefits
Robert Holzmann, Jacques Wels
published in: International Social Security Review, 2020, 73(1), 65-107
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10389
The 'Informality Gap': Can Education Help Minorities Escape Informal Employment? Evidence from Peru
Juan Gabriel Delgado Montes, Javier Corrales, Prakarsh Singh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10246
Spousal and Survivor Benefits in Option Value Models of Retirement: An Application to Belgium
Alain Jousten, Mathieu Lefèbvre
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10044
When the Going Gets Tough... Financial Incentives, Duration of Unemployment and Job-Match Quality
Yolanda Fatima Rebollo-Sanz, Núria Rodríguez-Planas
pubished in: Journal of Human Resources, 2020, 55 (1), 119-163
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9821
Taxing Pensions
Helmuth Cremer, Pierre Pestieau
published in: Robert Holzmann and John Piggott (eds.), The Taxation of Pensions, Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 2018.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8788
Does Delay Cause Decay? The Effect of Administrative Decision Time on the Labor Force Participation and Earnings of Disability Applicants
David Autor, Nicole Maestas, Kathleen Mullen, Alexander Strand
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8514
Trade Adjustment: Worker Level Evidence
David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson, Jae Song
published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2014, 129 (4), 1799-1860
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8376
Social Protection beyond the Bottom Billion
Susan Murphy, Patrick Paul Walsh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7926
Retirement Patterns of Couples in Europe
Laura Hospido, Gema Zamarro
published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 3:12, 2014
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7783
Health Status, Disability and Retirement Incentives in Belgium
Alain Jousten, Mathieu Lefèbvre, Sergio Perelman
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. 6669
The Cycle of Earnings Inequality: Evidence from Spanish Social Security Data
Stephane Bonhomme, Laura Hospido
published in: Economic Journal, 127 (603), 2017, 1244–1278, DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12368
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6649
Immigrant Networks and the Take-Up of Disability Programs: Evidence from US Census Data
Delia Furtado, Nikolaos Theodoropoulos
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2016, 54 (1), 247–267
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6511
Equilibrium Unemployment and Retirement
Jean-Olivier Hairault, François Langot, Andre Zylberberg
published in European Economic Review, 2015, 79, 35-58
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. 5310
Framing Social Security Reform: Behavioral Responses to Changes in the Full Retirement Age
Luc Behaghel, David M. Blau
published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2012, 4 (4), 41-67
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4931
The Employment Effects of Low-Wage Subsidies
Kristiina Huttunen, Jukka Pirttilä, Roope Uusitalo
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 97, 49–60
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 G. Kirdar
published in: International Economic Review, 2012, 53 (2), 453-486
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4676
A Note on Informality in the Labor Market
Melanie Khamis
published in: Journal of International Development, 2012, 24 (7), 894-908
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4366
Understanding the Economic Consequences of Shifting Trends in Population Health
Pierre-Carl Michaud, Dana P. Goldman, Darius N. Lakdawalla, Yuhui Zheng, Adam H. Gailey
published as 'The Fiscal Effects of Trends in Public Health' in: National Tax Journal, 2010, 63 (2), 307-324,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4187
Increasing the Legal Retirement Age: The Impact on Wages, Worker Flows and Firm Performance
Pedro S. Martins, Alvaro A. Novo, Pedro Portugal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4135
Financing Social Security: Simulating Different Welfare State Systems for Germany
Caroline Dieckhoener, Andreas Peichl
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. 3731
The Farm, the City, and the Emergence of Social Security
Elizabeth M. Caucutt, Thomas F. Cooley, Nezih Guner
published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2103, 18(1), 1-32
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3623
Preparing for Policy Changes: Social Security Expectations and Pension Scheme Participation
Karen van der Wiel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3508
Do Employment Subsidies Work? Evidence from Regionally Targeted Subsidies in Turkey
Gordon Betcherman, N. Meltem Daysal, Carmen Pagés
published in: Labour Economics, 17:4 (August 2010), 710-722
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3175
‘Marginal Employment’: Stepping Stone or Dead End? Evaluating the German Experience
Ronny Freier, Viktor Steiner
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. 2868
How Did the Elimination of the Earnings Test above the Normal Retirement Age Affect Retirement Expectations?
Pierre-Carl Michaud, Arthur van Soest
published in: Fiscal Studies, 2008, 29 (2), 197-231
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. 2616
Should Old-Age Benefits Be Earnings-Tested?
Niku Määttänen, Panu Poutvaara
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2492
Financial Incentives and the Timing of Retirement: Evidence from Switzerland
Barbara Hanel, Regina T. Riphahn
published as 'The Timing of Retirement - New Evidence from Swiss Female Workers' in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19(5), 718-728
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2073
Employment Subsidies and Substitutable Skills: An Equilibrium Matching Approach
Gabriele Cardullo, Bruno Van der Linden
published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2007, 53 (4), 375-404
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. 1486
Social Security in Belgium: Distributive Outcomes
Alain Jousten, Mathieu Lefèbvre, Sergio Perelman, Pierre Pestieau
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1408
On the Political Economy of Social Security and Public Education
Panu Poutvaara
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2006, 19 (2), 345-365
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1294
A Collective Retirement Model: Identification and Estimation in the Presence of Externalities
Pierre-Carl Michaud, Frederic Vermeulen
published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (2), 159-167
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. 942
Dynamic Modeling of the SSDI Application Timing Decision: The Importance of Policy Variables
Richard V. Burkhauser, J. S. Butler, Gulcin Gumus
IZA Discussion Paper No. 941
Option Value and Dynamic Programming Model Estimates of Social Security Disability Insurance Application Timing
Richard V. Burkhauser, J. S. Butler, Gulcin Gumus
revised version published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2004, [View]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 678
Fostering Within-Family Human Capital Investment: An Intragenerational Insurance Perspective of Social Security
Martin Barbie, Marcus Hagedorn, Ashok Kaul
IZA Discussion Paper No. 666
Frühverrentung in Deutschland: Ökonomische Anreize und institutionelle Strukturen
Pascal Arnds, Holger Bonin
published in: M. Herfurth, M. Kohli and K. F. Zimmermann (eds.), Arbeit in einer alternden Gesellschaft (Labor in an Aging Society), Leverkusen: Leske+Budrich, 2003, 65-91
IZA Discussion Paper No. 514
The Size and Development of the Shadow Economies of 22 Transition and 21 OECD Countries
Friedrich Schneider
IZA Discussion Paper No. 490
Social Security and Taxation of Labour Subject to Subsidiarity and Freedom of Movement
Wolfram F. Richter
published in: Swedish Economic Policy Review, 2002 (9), 47-74
IZA Discussion Paper No. 328
Why Funding is not a Solution to the "Social Security Crisis"
Friedrich Breyer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 278
Welfare Policies, Labour Taxation and International Integration
Torben M. Andersen
published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2003, 10 (1), 43-62
IZA Discussion Paper No. 249
"Should I Pay for You or for Myself?" The Optimal Level and Composition of Retirement Benefit Systems
Bernard M. S. van Praag, Pedro Cardoso
IZA Discussion Paper No. 209
Dynamic Efficiency and Pareto Optimality in a Stochastic OLG Model with Production and Social Security
Martin Barbie, Marcus Hagedorn, Ashok Kaul
IZA Discussion Paper No. 71
The Wedge
Laszlo Goerke
published in: Manchester School, 2000, 68(5), 608-623;
see IZA Reprints 59/00
IZA Discussion Paper No. 55
Value-added Tax versus Social Security Contributions
Laszlo Goerke
published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 1999, 219 (3/4), 308-325
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