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Showing 1 to 20 of 125 for “"pensions"”.
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PENSIONS IN THE CHINESE COMMUNITY
… the core values behind the Chinese Community pensions. Four country case studies examine the development and performance of these state pension schemes in the context of the family support system and demographic trends. They explore the sustainability of pension provisions, the adequacy of …
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Health Insurance, Pensions and Wages
… to participate in occupational (and other) pensions in Britain. The results show that being married, middle aged (age 35-54), working in a large firm, working full time, having high tenure, being a union member, and being covered by a union lead to a higher probability of participating in an …
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Pensions reforms, redistribution and welfare
This thesis deals with the optimal design of pensions systems in the face of demographic changes. Though the chapters differ in terms of the key questions addressed, the unifying theme remains which pensions system yields the highest welfare under differing economic conditions. We use a standard …
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The Politics of Pensions in Ireland
Where power lies in the politics of pensions in Ireland is the central research question guiding this research. Working within a power orientated theoretical framework that links actors and ideas with an institutional analysis, an evaluation of half a century of pension policy is conducted. The …
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Pensions, corporate finance, and public policy
This dissertation consists of three papers that explore the links between corporate finance and corporate pension policy. The first chapter exploits the funding rules for defined benefit pension plans in order to identify the dependence of corporate investment on internal financial resources. …
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Pensions, saving, and retirement under uncertainty
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1993.
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A mathematical model for managing equity-linked pensions
Pension fund companies manage and invest large amounts of money on behalf of their members. In return for their contributions, members expect a benefit at termination of their contract. Due to the volatile nature of returns that pension funds attain, pension companies started attaching a minimum …
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AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF PENSIONS FOR THE LABOR MARKET
Empirical research of pensions and its role in the labor market has been limiting and has led to inconclusive and sometimes contradictory results. What is needed to have a better understanding of the role of pensions is better data that are longitudinal and national, include worker and firm …
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Engendering pensions: Gender assessment of pension system reforms in Mongolia
Gender equality is a key issue in the design of pension systems given the distinctive life courses of women, the unequal distribution of unpaid work responsibilities in the family that influence access to participation in gendered labour markets, the greater likelihood of broken work practices, …
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Social security, pensions, and the retirement decisions of individuals and couples
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Economics, c1999
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A haunted society: Old age pensions in Iceland from a gender perspective
The topic of this thesis is old age pensions from a gender perspective. The research is quantitative; statistics on the economic situation of both genders are presented, and conclusions drawn about older women’s situations in regard to pensions and the future prospects of women of working age. …
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The impact of second pillar pensions on a Maltese family-run business
… research examines the effect of second-pillar pensions on a Maltese family business's financial statements, focusing on Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution plans. It uses IAS 19 accounting rules and various scenarios to analyse the financial implications of each pension plan possibility. …
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Private old age pensions : a study of corporate needs and social welfare
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1980.
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Consumption and saving decisions in the face of choices about housing and pensions
… coverage of a recent U.K. reform to private pensions and pension contribution limits The reform is seen to have had a positive effect on pension coverage for lower earners. This pattern is consistent with forward-looking responses to the financial incentives involved.
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Old-age pensions and life course in rural China : the emergence of modern retirement?
… to trace the institutional development of rural pensions and to identify the variety of ensuing life-course patterns by constructing a typology of individual life courses with regard to securing old age. Furthermore, in order to explore the interaction process between pension policy and the life …
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An analysis of options for reform of South Africa’s unilateral income tax exemption of foreign pensions, with an emphasis on the cross-border interaction with pensions derived from the United Kingdom and Germany
… process of reviewing the tax policy of foreign pensions. The unilateral foreign pension exemption was only meant to be on a temporary basis, but yet uncertainty existed ever since its introduction in 2000 of whether, and for how long, the exemption would be retained that is until 2016. South …
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Universal pensions in Mexico City : changing dynamics of citizenship and state formation in a global city
The main topic of this study is the enactment of a non-contributory and non-means-tested Universal Pension (Pension Alimentaria Ciudadana para Adultos Mayores) program in Mexico City directed at city residents 70 years of age or older. A state-centered framework for social policy analysis is used …
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Country of birth and socioeconomic disparities in utilisation of health care and disability pensions - a multilevel approach
… in health care utilisation and disability pensions in the city of Malmö, Sweden, and the role country of birth plays in this context. It is based on the Register for Resource Allocation (1999 and 2003). Independently of individual socioeconomic characteristics, this thesis identifies a …
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