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Economic Consequences of Unfunded Vested Pension Benefits [PDF]

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This paper examines the relationship between unfunded vested pension liabilities and the market value of a firm's shares. This relationship has important implications for the mechanism by which private pensions influence aggregate savings.
Mark Gersovitz
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Public virtue, private ambition—Women owners of private hospitals in early twentieth‐century New Zealand

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract New Zealand's early‐twentieth‐century health service was a two‐tier system of state hospitals supported by an expanding network of over 300 private hospitals, almost exclusively owned by nurses and midwives. This article will show that this environment was created by a legislative framework introduced between 1901 and 1906, requiring nurses ...
Ann‐Marie Quinn
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Regulating private pension funds’ structure, performance and investments: cross-country evidence

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A number of countries have introduced individual, privately managed defined-contribution accounts, where the value of the pension benefit will depend on accumulated contributions and investment returns.
Yermo, Juan   +2 more
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Pension reform in small developing countries [PDF]

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The authors provide a framework in which small countries can assess the proper role for the state and the private sector in pension policy. Based on industrial organization theory and pension economics, this framework draws on experience in small ...
Valdes-Prieto, Salvador   +1 more
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Product churn, tastes, and price indices

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Price indices commonly used to measure inflation do not account for the entry and exit of products nor for systemic changes in consumer preferences over time. Recent developments in the theory of price indices show that these issues have significant impacts on the growth of prices that consumers experience.
Hao Lan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is Pension Inequality Growing?

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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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How Does Dipping into Your Pension Affect Your Retirement Wealth? [PDF]

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Although pensions, both public and private, are intended to provide income during retirement, a growing number of American workers receive part or all their employer-provided pensions in the form of a cash settlement, called a lump-sum distribution, when
Gary V. Engelhardt
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