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dc.contributor.authorScheubel, Beatriceen
dc.contributor.authorSchunk, Danielen
dc.contributor.authorWinter, Joachimen
dc.date.accessioned2009-09-03-
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-14T08:18:14Z-
dc.date.available2010-05-14T08:18:14Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/30417-
dc.description.abstractFor policy reforms to increase a society's welfare, reliable information on people's prefer-ences and expectations is crucial. Representative opinion polls, often involving simplified questions about the complex topics under debate, are an important source of information for both policy-makers and the public. Do people's answers to these poll questions reliably reflect their preferences and expectations, or does fundamental, undiscriminating opposition to reforms distort them? We address this question in the context of a recent German pension reform which raised the statutory retirement age by two years to age 67. By introducing an experiment into a representative household survey, we are able to disentangle expectations of work ability at retirement and fundamental opposition. Our results show that expected work ability declines substantially with increasing target age (63, 65, or 67 years). Answers from West German respondents reflect their current life situation as well as individual health and other risk factors. However, a fundamental opposition to reforms of the welfare state appears to strongly affect responses from East German households.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x2752en
dc.subject.jelJ10en
dc.subject.jelH30en
dc.subject.jelH55en
dc.subject.jelD84en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordretirementen
dc.subject.keywordhealthen
dc.subject.keywordwork abilityen
dc.subject.keywordsurvey experimenten
dc.subject.keywordpublic opinion pollen
dc.subject.keywordPAYG pension systemen
dc.subject.keywordEast Germanyen
dc.subject.stwRentenreformen
dc.subject.stwAltersgrenzeen
dc.subject.stwErwerbsunfähigkeiten
dc.subject.stwMeinungen
dc.subject.stwVergleichen
dc.subject.stwAlte Bundesländeren
dc.subject.stwNeue Bundesländeren
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleDon't raise the retirement age! : an experiment on opposition to pension reforms and East-West differences in Germany-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn608169455en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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