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Retirement as a Hedge [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2010
This paper explores the effect of letting individuals choose their retirement age in a world of uncertainty where there exist both defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) pension plans. The paper shows that giving individuals the flexibility to determine when to retire is an important tool for them when they are hedging against future ...
PESTIEAU, Pierre, POSSEN, Uri M.
openaire   +3 more sources

Advancing Circularity in Battery Systems for Renewable Energy: Technologies, Barriers, and Future Directions

open access: yesAdvanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
This article examines strategies to enhance the sustainability of battery systems in renewable energy through circular economy principles. It discusses recycling techniques, modular battery design, second‐life utilization, and regulatory frameworks. Key barriers include inadequate infrastructure and regulatory gaps.
Williams Chibueze Munonye   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding Retirement Requires Getting Inside People’s Stories: A Call for More Qualitative Research

open access: yesWork, Aging and Retirement, 2019
Quantitative research, using surveys and archival data, has contributed much to the field’s understanding of the retirement transition, the factors influencing it, and its consequences.
Teresa M. Amabile
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The health effects of forced retirement on older New Zealanders :|ba thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This study investigated the relationship between forced retirement and physical and mental health of older New Zealanders. As well, individuals’ social support, socioeconomic status, and participation in employment and voluntary and recreational ...
Crookes, Nancey Jane
core  

Supply chain risk in grain trading: Inventories as real options for shipping grain

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Integrating trading and logistics is an important challenge in commodity trading. Trading and logistics are strategic decisions and are integral to most commodities including grain shipping by rail, in addition to other modes (barges, ocean shipping). There are substantial risks, such as the ordering and placement of rail cars.
William W. Wilson, Jesse Klebe
wiley   +1 more source

A new look at technical progress and early retirement

open access: yes, 2016
Technical progress affects early retirement in two opposing ways. On the one hand, it increases real wages and thus produces an incentive to postpone retirement. On the other hand, it erodes workers’ skills, making early retirement more likely.
Lorenzo Burlon, Montserrat Vilalta-Bufí
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pension Sponsorship and Participation: Summary of Recent Trends [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
[Excerpt] According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS), the number of private sector workers between the ages of 25 and 64 whose employer sponsored a retirement plan fell from 53.5 million in 2007 to 52.3 million in 2008.
Domestic Social Policy Division   +1 more
core   +9 more sources

Farmers' Financial Literacy—Scale Development and Linkages to Accounting Practices and Financial Outcomes

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial literacy (FL) of Swedish farmers, its linkages to farmer characteristics, management accounting practices and farm outcomes by surveying Swedish Farm Accountancy Data Network farmers. Using item response theory, we expand the existing FL measurement specifically to the farming context, assess measurement ...
Uliana Gottlieb, Helena Hansson
wiley   +1 more source

THE ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE COUNCIL FOR ETHICAL ISSUES OF THE SERBIAN AS SOCIATION OF JUDGES AND STANDARDS OF JUDGES' ETHICS

open access: yesPravo, 2009
In the text author analyzes juridical sources and application of judges' ethics in Serbia. During the socialistic period the issue of judges' ethics was neither analyzed nor legally regulated.
Mileva Gajinov
doaj  

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