IZA Discussion Papers

published in: Robert A. Cord, Richard G. Anderson, William A. Barnett (eds.), Paul Samuelson Master of Modern Economics, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, 471-495

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

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 103 (3), 533–546.

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

published in: ILR Review, 2020, 73 (1), 153 - 177

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

published in: Journal of Pension Economics & Finance, 2019, 18 (1), 66 - 87

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

published 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

published in: Economic and Social Review, 2014, 45 (2), 261 - 284

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, 2017, 127 (603), 1244–1278

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 Güray 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 as 'Dynamic programming model estimates of Social Security Disability Insurance application timing" in Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2004, 19 (6), 671-685

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