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Funding in Public Sector Pension Plans - International Evidence [PDF]
Most countries have separate pension plan for public sector employees. The future fiscal burden of these plans can be substantial as the government usually is the largest employer, pension promises in the public sector tend to be relatively generous, and
Juan Yermo +2 more
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Studying to Support? Exploring Remittance Responsibilities Among Black South African Graduates
Journal of International Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A large majority of Black South Africans remain restricted by intergenerational education and economic disadvantages. Labour market returns to tertiary qualifications are high, but the share of youth accessing post‐secondary education remains low.
Emma Whitelaw +2 more
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Analyzing the Pension System of the USSR
Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2015 The article under the title "ANALYSIS OF THE PENSION SYSTEM OF THE USSR" deals with numerous aspects of development of the pension system of the former USSR.
Aleksei V. Pudovkin
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Pension Funding, Share Prices, and National Saving [PDF]
This paper examines empirically the effect of unfunded pension obligations on corporate share prices and discusses the implications of these estimates for national saving, the decline of the stock market in recent years, and the rationality of corporate ...
Stephanie Seligman, Martin Feldstein
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Journal of Operations Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recall delays expose consumers to prolonged risk and undermine a firm's long‐term performance and reputation. Building on agency theory's conceptualization of principal‐agent relationships, we theorize that large institutional investors play an important monitoring role wherein their ownership encourages faster recalls. We then build on agency
Jessica L. Darby +3 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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Impact of severe periodontitis and diabetes mellitus on recurrent cardiovascular outcomes
Journal of Periodontology, EarlyView.Abstract Background This post hoc analysis of the Periodontitis and Coronary Heart Disease study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01045070) aimed to determine the association between diabetes and recurrent cardiovascular events (CVEs) in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and severe periodontitis.
Stefan Reichert +3 more
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Is Pension Inequality Growing?
Employer-sponsored pensions are an important source of retirement income and often make the difference between having a comfortable retirement and just scraping by. Over the past two decades, pension sponsorship and participation have remained relatively
Geoffrey Sanzenbacher, Nadia Karamcheva
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Pension plans and retirement incentives [PDF]
This paper aims to examine the impact of type of pension scheme on retirement behavior. Section 1 describes a simple, theoretical model of optimal retirement.
Disney, Richard, Whitehouse, Edward
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Comparing treatment outcomes of prolonged exposure therapy across trauma type and veteran status
Journal of Traumatic Stress, EarlyView.Abstract This retrospective cohort study evaluated the effectiveness of prolonged exposure therapy (PE) across trauma types (combat, terror, civilian) and veteran status (military veterans vs. civilians) in a real‐world clinical setting. We hypothesized that individuals who experienced combat‐ and terror‐related trauma would have higher baseline ...
Nitsa Nacasch +5 more
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