The small pensions they accumulate in such schemes merely offset entitlements to means-tested pension benefits, leaving them no better off in old age. Concerns about the behavioural consequences of pension means-testing are not new. Nonetheless, few policymakers have been willing to look at when ...
Results suggest that intergenerational transmission of age at first birth is evident in all four parent–child dyads and at all ages of the first-birth process. This means that even in a society as contemporary Norway, with a welfare state that offers a range of universal social benefits, own...
In particular, IS literature suggests that leaders’ vision, attitude and behaviour significantly influence employees’ perceptions of the benefits of IT innovation, and hence its adoption outcomes (Orlikowski, 1992; Boynton et al., 1994; McKenney et al., 1997; Purvis et al., 2001). As far ...
The other thing that companies need to think about—and this might also even include the companies that are providing these platforms—is how do they provide a mechanism for the ratings or benefits to be able to move around with the workers? And how do they help workers stabiliz...
If the “wealth effect” prevails, the greater the inadequacies of benefits, the greater the need for precautionary savings, and the lower the level of consumption. Compared to employee insurance, old-age insurance for urban and rural residents might have less of a positive impact on consumption...