scholarly journals Do pensions reduce the incentive to work? Evidence from Egypt

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (219) ◽  
pp. 33-59
Author(s):  
Nguyen Cuong ◽  
Mohamed Arouri
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Labour Supply ◽  
Fixed Effect ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Panel Surveys ◽  
Labour Market Participation ◽  
Household Members ◽  
The Impact

In this study we investigate the impact of the receipt of contributory and social pensions on the labour supply of individuals in Egypt, using individual fixed-effect regressions and panel data from the Egypt Labour Market Panel Surveys in 2006 and 2012. The study compares the effect of social pensions and contributory pensions. We find that the receipt of contributory pensions reduces the probability of working as well as the probability of having a waged job of household members aged from 15. The receipt of social pensions has no significant effect on the probability of working for those aged 15-60. However, receiving social pensions can reduce both working and labour market participation of people aged over 60.

Helpt kinderopvang de herintreding van moeders stimuleren?

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Didier Fouarge
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Labour Market Participation ◽  
Regional Demand ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Formal Childcare

Does more childcare stimulate mothers to re-enter the labour market? Does more childcare stimulate mothers to re-enter the labour market? Previous research has shown that the supply of formal childcare facilities has a positive effect on the labour market participation of mothers with young children. When the supply of childcare facilities is higher, the probability that a female keeps on working after the birth of a child is larger. But does childcare also helps non-working mothers to join the labour force? This research shows that it is not the case. The research was carried out on administrative panel data to which data on the regional supply of childcare and the regional demand for labour were matched. It shows that the supply of childcare does not play a significant role in the re-entry in the labour market of mothers. The age of the child and the demand for labour in the region play an important role.

Work–retirement cultures: a further piece of the puzzle to explain differences in the labour market participation of older people in Europe?

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (8) ◽  
pp. 1527-1555 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREAS JANSEN
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
European Social Survey ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Economic Determinants ◽  
Legal Rules ◽  
Random Intercept ◽  
Labour Market Participation ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACTThe article examines to what extent culture is a further piece of the puzzle to explain differences in the labour market participation of older people in Europe. This approach is in clear contrast to the existing literature on that topic which is largely economically oriented and more focused on socio-economic determinants. In the first part, different theoretical conceptions regarding the impact of culture on individual actions are discussed with the aim of developing the concept of work–retirement cultures. In the second part, the article gathers empirical evidence on differences in the work–retirement culture in 22 European societies and analyses the interplay between the work–retirement culture and the labour market participation of people aged between 55 and 64 years using logistic random intercept regression analysis. The analysis draws on the third round of the European Social Survey. The results give some clear indications that the work–retirement culture plays its part in explaining differences in the labour market participation of older people in Europe and thus clarifies that the timing of retirement is not fully determined by pension policies. Accordingly, the results of the study illustrate that it is not sufficient to solely change the legal rules for the transition to retirement. Rather, people need to be additionally convinced of the individual benefits of remaining in employment.

The Dutch ‘Miracle’ Revisited: The Impact of Employment Growth on Poverty

2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
IVE MARX
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Employment Growth ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Absolute Poverty ◽  
Labour Market Participation ◽  
The Impact

The past decade has been marked by the coming to prominence of social policy doctrines at the centre of which sits the idea that poverty reduction is best achieved through increased levels of labour market participation. A major reference point in the debate is the Netherlands, where a radical policy shift from passive benefit adequacy towards boosting labour market participation was initiated around the late 1980s and where it has been vigorously pursued since. The Netherlands is routinely praised for achieving a meteoric rise in employment, while maintaining extensive social protection and low levels of poverty and inequality. This article shows that unprecedented employment growth during the 1980s and 1990s went accompanied with comparatively small reductions in absolute poverty and a rise in relative poverty among the working-age population. These developments are linked to the main features of Dutch economic and social policy. The article also draws out some general lessons.

scholarly journals Labour Supply and Inequality Effects of In-Work Benefits: Evidence from Serbia

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saša Ranđelović ◽  
Jelena Žarković Rakić ◽  
Marko Vladisavljević ◽  
Sunčica Vujić
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Labour Supply ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Labour Market Participation ◽  
Fertile Ground ◽  
Supply Model ◽  
Redistributive Effects ◽  
Family Based ◽  
Equal Income

AbstractLow labour market participation, together with the high effective tax wedge at low wage levels, create a fertile ground for the introduction of the in-work benefits (IWB) in Serbia. Our paper provides an ex-ante evaluation of the two IWB schemes, directed at stimulating the labour supply and more equal income distribution. The methodological approach combines the tax-and-benefit microsimulation model with the discrete labour supply model. Our results show that both individual and family-based IWB schemes would considerably boost labour market participation, although family-based benefits would have disincentivizing effects for the secondary earners in couples. Most of the behavioural changes take place among the poorest individuals, with significant redistributive effects.

Career development and older people

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-46
Author(s):  
Lyn Barham
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Older People ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Age Discrimination ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Labour Market Participation ◽  
Development Support ◽  
The Uk ◽  
State Pension ◽  
The Impact

This article explores career development support offered to, and used by, older people since 2000. The context includes changes in age discrimination legislation and state pension entitlement, which intertwine in their effect on labour market participation. Career development services have changed, with a marked divergence between the fragmented delivery in England and the all-age services elsewhere in the UK. Initiatives have been piloted, judged successful, but not robustly pursued. The article argues that rhetoric outruns resources and delivery, and contemplates the additional complication of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on older people and the economy.

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