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Quantifying policy tradeoffs to support aging populations
Demographic Research, 2014 Background: Coping with aging populations is a challenge for most developed countries. Supporting non-working adults can create an unsustainable burden on those working. One way of dealing with this is to raise the normal pension age, but this has proven
Sergei Scherbov +2 more
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Unions, Pension Wealth, and Age-Compensation Profiles [PDF]
This paper examines the effect of unions on both the magnitude and distribution of pension benefits. Our empirical results show that beneficiaries in collectively bargained plans receive larger benefits when they retire, receive larger increases in their
Robert L. Clark, Steven G. Allen
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CEO Overconfidence, Industry Competition, and ESG Performance
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the interplay among CEO overconfidence, industry competition, and firms' ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) performance. With the growing importance of ESG management, firms are investing more in ESG initiatives as a strategic approach to mitigating downside risk. However, overconfident CEOs, characterized by their
Taehyung Kim, Jaeseog Na
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Pension Reform in Germany: [PDF]
The paper examines the long-term implications of various reform options on retirement entry decisions and the actual retirement age of older workers.
Berkel, Barbara, Börsch-Supan, Axel
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research on readiness and maturity for the smart circular economy (SCE) remains fragmented, especially in the hospitality sector. This study develops a multidimensional framework that integrates the principles of the circular economy, Industry 4.0, and sustainability performance in the context of tourist accommodations.
Rafael Mora‐Contreras +5 more
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Retirement and the Evolution of Pension Structure [PDF]
Defined benefit pension plans have become considerably less common since the early 1980s, while defined contribution plans have spread. Previous research showed that defined benefit plans, with sharp incentives encouraging retirement after a certain ...
Leora Friedberg, Anthony Webb
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines whether occupational pension funds (OPFs) apply a strategic and long‐term logic when assessing ESG practices in their investee firms. Using discourse analysis of semi‐structured interviews with asset managers and workers' representatives, we examine whether Spanish OPFs look beyond compliance‐driven CSR and consider the ...
Manuel Moreno‐García +3 more
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Pension fund optimal allocations [PDF]
, 2015 We address the problem of a private pension plan sponsor who has to decide the best pension funds that should be offered to the pension plan members. Starting from the analysis of the population of the plan in order to identify a set of representative ...
MORIGGIA, Vittorio (ORCID:0000-0002-6798-5794) +2 more
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The Distributive Consequences of Active Welfare Policies in Europe
European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the distributive consequences of active welfare policies in Europe by analysing tier‐specific investments in individualised employment services across four European welfare states: Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Deborah Jackwerth‐Rice +1 more
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Pension plans and retirement incentives [PDF]
The object of this paper is to examine the impact of type of pension scheme on retirement behaviour. The well-documented decline in the labour-force participation of older women and older men (in particular) is common to most industrialised countries ...
Disney, Richard, Whitehouse, Edward
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