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Ageing and the Tax Implied in Public Pension Schemes: Simulations for Selected OECD Countries [PDF]
A key figure which can be applied to measuring inter-generational imbalances involved in existing public pension schemes is given by the “implicit tax” that is levied on each generation’s life-time income through participation in these systems.
Robert Fenge, Martin Werding
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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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Risky Assumptions: A closer Look at the Bearing of Investment Risk in Defined-Benefit Pension Plans [PDF]
There is reason to question whether employers bear all – and employees none – of the investment risk in defined-benefit pension plans. So are they just defined-contribution plans in disguise?governance and public institutions, pension papers, investment ...
James E. Pesando
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The substantial economic burden of rotator cuff pathology: A nationwide cost‐of‐illness study
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the nationwide economic burden of rotator cuff (RC) pathology by quantifying expenditures related to outpatient consultations including out‐of‐pocket expenses, hospitalisations and occupational insurance claims, within a national healthcare system.
Umile Giuseppe Longo +10 more
wiley +1 more source
Ottawa's Pension Gap: The Growing and Under-reported Cost of Federal Employee Pensions [PDF]
Canadian public-sector pension plans typically do not use market yields to calculate their liabilities: if they did, Ottawa’s unfunded pension liability would stand at $227 billion – some $80 billion larger than reported in the Public Accounts. The value
William B.P. Robson, Alexandre Laurin
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Macromolecular Rapid Communications, EarlyView.We report here a new methodology to prepare functional poly(acetylene)s under aqueous conditions. This methodology is underpinned by poly(O‐propargyl‐N‐amino carbamate) (P1), a reactive poly(acetylene) carrying acyl hydrazines. Thus, P1 reacts with aldehydes to give functional poly(acetylene)s, including cationic, hydrophobic, and sugar‐loaded poly ...
Tom Leigh +8 more
wiley +1 more source
The Devolution of the American Pension System: Who Gained and Who Lost? [PDF]
One of the most dramatic transformations in the economy over the last two decades has been the replacement of traditional Defined Benefit (DB) pension plans with Defined Contribution (DC) pensions.
Edward N. Wolff
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Linking Environmental Health and Civic Health: An Analysis of Air Pollution and Charitable Giving
Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of air pollution on charitable giving. We suggest that the burdens associated with poor air quality are associated with a dampening of civic and philanthropic engagement. Analyzing 12 years of county‐level data from the United States with fixed‐effects OLS and instrumental variables regressions, we identify a ...
Gregory D. Saxton +6 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 reform, capital markets, and the rate of return [PDF]
This paper discusses the consequences of population aging and a fundamental pension reform – that is, a shift towards more pre-funding – for capital markets in Germany.
Alexander Ludwig +2 more
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