The Effects of Early Retirement on Youth Unemployment : The Case of Belgium /
In this paper, we describe the changes of (early) retirement programs over time and study the link between trends in elderly labor force participation and youth unemployment. From a theoretical point of view, there is no convincing argument that the idea of a lump-of-labor should hold. Our empirical...
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| Médium: | Časopis |
| Jazyk: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2008.
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| Edice: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2008/030 |
| On-line přístup: | Full text available on IMF |
| Shrnutí: | In this paper, we describe the changes of (early) retirement programs over time and study the link between trends in elderly labor force participation and youth unemployment. From a theoretical point of view, there is no convincing argument that the idea of a lump-of-labor should hold. Our empirical results comfort this finding, and indicate a very weak link, if any, between elderly retirement and activity among the young and the prime-age populations. |
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| Fyzický popis: | 1 online resource (31 pages) |
| Médium: | Mode of access: Internet |
| ISSN: | 1018-5941 |
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