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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Retirement benefits"”.
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Financial Reality Post-retirement: Federal Retirees
… with a focus on the factors influencing their retirement decisions, financial preparedness, and the role of federal retirement benefits. Using a phenomenological approach, in-depth interviews were conducted with recent retirees to examine the key elements that influenced their timing of …
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An Assessment of the Challenges Faced by the Retirees in Accessing Formal Security Benefit in Tanzania: The Case of PSPF in Hanang’ District
… faced by retirees in accessing formal security benefits in Tanzania: It was conducted in Hanang’ District. More specifically, the study examined procedures used in processing Pension Benefits in PSPF and challenges faced by retirees when accessing pension benefits from social security funds. It …
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Vocational outcomes of university-educated persons: A comparison of persons with and without disabilities
… without disabilities in acquisition of important benefits including: full-time and/or part-time employment, equal income, health and retirement benefits, and promotion opportunities. Amelioration of these differences is of significant importance to helping professionals, particularly social …
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The Postal Service Pension System and alternative methods for providing long-term financial welfare to retirees
… Postal Service's cost structure is labor, with retirement benefits representing a significant portion of those costs. This thesis provides a historical retrospective of the development of the pension system that the Postal Service currently participates in, and assesses the impact that the …
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Unemployed Younger Baby Boom Women's Career Decision-Making Experiences: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
… especially in the decade prior to receiving retirement benefits. This study uses interpretative phenomenological analysis to analyze semi-structured interviews with eight unemployed younger baby boom women to investigate how their thoughts, assumptions, and opinions affect their career …
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An Examination of the Relationship between Large Shareholders and Commitment Human Resource Systems
… the firm having cash profit sharing, sufficient retirement benefits, and work life benefits. Given this, large shareholders ought to be considered in future studies as another factor that serves to either enable or constrain the firm's use of CHRS.</p>
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The Role of Motivations in Retention of Employees : A Case of Tanzania Portland Cement Company (TPCC)
… salary‚ medical facilities‚ bonus‚ transport‚ retirement benefits as some of the things which attracts employees and can be used as a factor to sustain and retain employees. Retaining employees saves companies money in training costs and helps maintain an efficient and knowledgeable workforce. …
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A quantitative model for the asset liability management of a Pension Fund
… objective of pension plans is the delivery of retirement benefits, typically payable for life or a set period of time, to the specified group of recipients. The management of such funds entails therefore a constant monitoring of the risks exposure and a regular rebalancing of assets. This …
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Determinants of Employee Participation in Retirement Benefit Schemes: A case of Nampak Kenya Limited
… identifying the determinants of participation in retirement benefit schemes. The consequence of low participation is evident from the low level of benefits paid to employees who retired from the company. The study targeted current employees who are members of the company’s retirement benefit …
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Achieving Public Long-Term Care Insurance Through Social Security Wealth: Microsimulation for the US Case
… to bare minimums, and then use most of their retirement income as co-payment, leaving no possibility for bequests. Because there is no middle ground between costly private insurance and Medicaid, many middle-income seniors end up on Medicaid, sometimes after having sheltered assets away, thus …
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Dislocated office workers: barriers to retraining and reemployment
… extent and magnitude of the problem of loss of retirement benefits as a result of plant closings and reductions in force.
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Espoused Versus Operationalized Organizational Values: A Case Study of Values Integration
… through job loss and the evaporation of retirement benefits. Enron leaders’ widely touted corporate values of Respect, Integrity, Communication and Excellence also injected a note of irony and even cynicism into the entire unfortunate situation. As it turned out, the gap between the …
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Longevity Risk: Retirement Product Innovation and Risk Management Strategies
… individuals to the risk of outliving their retirement savings, known as longevity risk. This thesis proposes new retirement income products with various strategies for managing longevity risk. First, we introduce a retirement product to provide pensioners with a lifetime income characterized …
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Pension accounting; a study of value relevance and the perception of decision usefulness in the UK.
… benefit (DB) pension schemes and other post-retirement benefits in accordance with the international accounting standard IAS 19. The research provides evidence that pension accounting information is value relevant and it is perceived to be decision useful. The research also provides evidence …
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Alternatives to the proposed taxation of retirement fund interests on emigration from South Africa
… National Treasury to implement an “exit tax” on retirement fund interests for resident individuals who emigrate from South Africa (i.e., become non-resident for tax purposes). The proposal, however, raised numerous concerns amongst experts in the industry, which ultimately led to its withdrawal …
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Analysing the determinants of retirement planning behaviour of workers in the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration
There is a consensus that while retirement is a worthwhile phase in one’s life, a successful and happy retirement requires planning with continual evaluation. Retirement planning is a systematic way of setting aside resources in order to provide sufficient funds in the old age and thus, decisions …
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Essays in Financial Economics
… we pose the question: how do workers value retirement benefits relative to wages and what impact do these benefits have on firm hiring? We find that dollars paid in employer contributions to 401(k) plans have nearly double the effect on a firm's recruiting success than dollars paid in wages. …