Getting life expectancy estimates right for pension policy: period versus cohort approach
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DOI: 10.1017/s1474747220000050
Abstract: Abstract In many policy areas it is essential to use the best estimates of life expectancy, but it is vital to most areas of pension policy. This paper presents the conceptual differences between static period… read more here.
Keywords: life; life expectancy; pension policy;
Reform narratives and argumentative coupling in German pension policy: constructing the ‘deserving retiree’
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DOI: 10.1080/14494035.2019.1655130
Abstract: ABSTRACT German pension policy experienced a shift in the early 2000s, when public pensions were cut back, the retirement age raised, and private, publicly subsidized pension provision stipulated. Within a coherent reform narrative, those reforms… read more here.
Keywords: pension; policy; german pension; pension policy ... See more keywords
Priming or learning? The influence of pension policy information on individual preferences in Germany, Spain and the United States
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DOI: 10.1177/09589287231164347
Abstract: A promising approach to pension policy preferences focuses on the influence of policy related information. We advance this research programme by examining the impact of information about future pension benefits, including whether information effects occur… read more here.
Keywords: information; pension; germany spain; pension policy ... See more keywords