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    <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:46:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Workplace peer effects in retirement</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/328243</link>
      <description>Title: Workplace peer effects in retirement
Authors: Sturm, Patrick
Abstract: This paper estimates workplace peer efects in retirement by leveraging a German pension reform that eliminated a widely used early retirement option for women. Using administrative linked employer-employee data, I compare women's retirement behavior by exploiting variation in the share of their workplace peers who were afected by the reform based on their birth date. I fnd signifcant and robust peer efects: women are more likely to delay their retirement when their peers extend their employment due to the reform. Investigating potential underlying mechanisms, I provide suggestive evidence for information transmission and social norms about working in old-age. In addition, employer characteristics play an important role in shaping these peer efects. Overall, the fndings highlight the importance of accounting for workplace peer efects when evaluating the broader labor supply impacts of pension policies.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Increasing the retirement age: How firms adjust workforce and wages</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/333395</link>
      <description>Title: Increasing the retirement age: How firms adjust workforce and wages
Authors: Sturm, Patrick
Abstract: This paper studies firm adjustments in response to a working life extension of older female employees. Specifically, I exploit the German 1999 pension reform that eliminated an early retirement pathway for women, causing an increase in their early retirement age by three years for those born after January 1, 1952. Using high-quality linked employer-employee data and a difference-in-differences event study design, I show that firms that employed affected women substantially increased their number of retained female employees aged 60-62. However, this retention resulted in a significant reduction in the number of new hires and in a modest decline in the number of wage increases among incumbent employees. Further analyses suggest that the magnitude and type of firm adjustment largely depend on the firm-specific human capital required for the respective occupation.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Are biases contagious? The influence of communication on motivated beliefs</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/282999</link>
      <description>Title: Are biases contagious? The influence of communication on motivated beliefs
Authors: Grunewald, Andreas; Klockmann, Victor; von Schenk, Alicia; von Siemens, Ferdinand
Abstract: This paper examines the potential reinforcement of motivated beliefs when individuals with identical biases communicate. We propose a controlled online experiment that allows to manipulate belief biases and the communication environment. We find that communication, even among like-minded individuals, diminishes motivated beliefs if it takes place in an environment without previously declared external opinions. In the presence of external plural opinions, however, communication does not reduce but rather aggravates motivated beliefs. Our results indicate a potential drawback of the plurality of opinions-it may create communication environments wherein motivated beliefs not only persist but also become contagious within social networks.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Bemessungsgrundlagen- und Tarifeffekte in der deutschen Alterssicherung: Eine modelltheoretische Kennzahlenanalyse des Steuer- und Sozialversicherungsrechts</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/300004</link>
      <description>Title: Bemessungsgrundlagen- und Tarifeffekte in der deutschen Alterssicherung: Eine modelltheoretische Kennzahlenanalyse des Steuer- und Sozialversicherungsrechts
Authors: Brähler, Michael
Abstract: In der vorliegenden Studie wird ein entscheidungsmodelltheoretischer Ansatz verwendet, um unter Vernachlässigung von Unsicherheit und Risiko Kennzahlen zu entwickeln, die verschiedene Formen der Altersvorsorge miteinander vergleichbar machen. Zu diesem Zweck werden die steuer- und sozialversicherungsrechtlichen Grundlagen für ausgewählte Altersvorsorgeformen (gesetzliche Rentenversicherung, Basisrentenversicherung, zulagengeförderte Altersvorsorge, betriebliche Altersversorgung und private Rentenversicherung) im Rechtsrahmen des Jahres 2020 erläutert. Darauf aufbauend wird ein eigenes System von Kennzahlen entwickelt, um die Vor- und Nachteile der jeweiligen Alterssicherungsform zu quantifizieren. Die Ergebnisse werden anhand von stilisierten Modellbiografien präsentiert und diskutiert. Eine abschließende Gesamtwürdigung fasst schließlich wesentliche Erkenntnisse zusammen.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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