Alain Jousten

University of Liege

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1.

Public Pension Reform: A Primer

IMF Working Paper No. 07/28
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 11 Feb 2007
Alain Jousten
University of Liege
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The Effects of Early Retirement on Youth Unemployment: The Case of Belgium

IMF Working Paper No. 08/30
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 Feb 2008
Alain Jousten, Mathieu Lefebvre, Sergio Perelman and Pierre Pestieau
University of Liege, University of Strasbourg, University of Liège - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Unemployment, Belgium, Labor supply, Pensions

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Health Status, Disability and Retirement Incentives in Belgium

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Health Status, Disability and Retirement Incentives in Belgium

Netspar Discussion Paper No. 11/2013-056
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 21 Nov 2013
Alain Jousten, Mathieu Lefebvre and Sergio Perelman
University of Liege, University of Liege - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and University of Liège - Department of Economics
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Health Status, Disability and Retirement Incentives in Belgium

NBER Working Paper No. w20035
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 14 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2023
Alain Jousten, Mathieu Lefèbvre and Sergio Perelman
University of Liege, University of Strasbourg and University of Liège - Department of Economics
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Health Status, Disability and Retirement Incentives in Belgium

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7783
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 15 Dec 2013
Alain Jousten, Mathieu Lefèbvre and Sergio Perelman
University of Liege, University of Strasbourg and University of Liège - Department of Economics
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unemployment, early retirement, disability, social security, pensions, labor force participation

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Micro-Simulation of Social Security Reforms in Belgium

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Micro-Simulation of Social Security Reforms in Belgium

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 22 Apr 2003
Raphael Desmet, Alain Jousten, Sergio Perelman and Pierre Pestieau
Federal Planning Bureau, Belgium, University of Liege, University of Liège - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Aging, Retirement, Incentives, Pension Reform

Micro-Simulation of Social Security Reforms in Belgium

NBER Working Paper No. w9494
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 13 Feb 2003 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2010
Raphael Desmet, Alain Jousten, Sergio Perelman and Pierre Pestieau
Federal Planning Bureau, Belgium, University of Liege, University of Liège - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Delays in Claiming Social Security Benefits

NBER Working Paper No. w7318
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 09 Mar 2000 Last Revised: 01 Jan 2023
Courtney Coile, Peter A. Diamond, Jonathan Gruber and Alain Jousten
Wellesley College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of Liege
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The Benefits of Separating Early Retirees from the Unemployed: Simulation Results for Belgian Wage Earners

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The Benefits of Separating Early Retirees from the Unemployed: Simulation Results for Belgian Wage Earners

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 25 Apr 2005
Raphael Desmet, Alain Jousten and Sergio Perelman
Federal Planning Bureau, Belgium, University of Liege and University of Liège - Department of Economics
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retirement, older worker, inequality

The Benefits of Separating Early Retirees from the Unemployed: Simulation Results for Belgian Wage Earners

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5077
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 04 Aug 2005
Raphael Desmet, Alain Jousten and Sergio Perelman
Federal Planning Bureau, Belgium, University of Liege and University of Liège - Department of Economics
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Retirement, older worker, inequality

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The Retirement of the Migrant Labor Force: Pension Portability and Beyond

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3995
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 21 Nov 2012
Alain Jousten
University of Liege
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pensions, retirement, international migration, social security coordination

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Addressing the Legacy Costs in an NDC Reform: Conceptualization, Measurement, Financing

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Addressing the Legacy Costs in an NDC Reform: Conceptualization, Measurement, Financing

Netspar Discussion Paper No. 10/2010-061
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 Nov 2010
Robert Holzmann and Alain Jousten
University of Malaya and University of Liege
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Addressing the Legacy Costs in an NDC Reform: Conceptualization, Measurement, Financing

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5296
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 08 Nov 2010
Robert Holzmann and Alain Jousten
University of Malaya and University of Liege
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legacy costs, pension reform, NDC, coverage expansion

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Long-Term Care Insurance and Optimal Taxation for Altruistic Children

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2003/63
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 21 Jun 2007
Alain Jousten, Barbara Lipszyc, Maurice Marchand and Pierre Pestieau
University of Liege, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Catholic University of Louvain - Department of Economics (Deceased) and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Social Security in Belgium: Distributive Outcomes

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 21 Feb 2005
Alain Jousten, Mathieu Lefèbvre, Sergio Perelman and Pierre Pestieau
University of Liege, University of Strasbourg, University of Liège - Department of Economics and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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pensions, inequality, social security, elderly

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Retirement Incentives in Belgium: Estimations and Simulations Using SHARE Data

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Retirement Incentives in Belgium: Estimations and Simulations Using SHARE Data

Netspar Discussion Paper No. 04/2013-012
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 04 May 2013
Alain Jousten and Mathieu Lefebvre
University of Liege and University of Liege - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Pensions, social security, disability, early retirement, unemployment, labor force participation

Retirement Incentives in Belgium: Estimations and Simulations Using Share Data

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7387
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 18 May 2013
Alain Jousten and Mathieu Lefèbvre
University of Liege and University of Strasbourg
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pensions, social security, disability, early retirement, unemployment, labor force participation

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Disability in Belgium: There is More than Meets the Eye

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Disability in Belgium: There is More than Meets the Eye

Netspar Discussion Paper No. 09/2010-062
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 30 Nov 2010
Alain Jousten, Mathieu Lefebvre and Sergio Perelman
University of Liege, University of Liege - Research Center on Public and Population Economics and University of Liège - Department of Economics
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pensions, social security, disability, handicapped, early retirement, unemployment, labor force participation

Disability in Belgium: There is More than Meets the Eye

NBER Working Paper No. w17114
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 12 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2023
Alain Jousten, Mathieu Lefèbvre and Sergio Perelman
University of Liege, University of Strasbourg and University of Liège - Department of Economics
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Spousal and Survivor Benefits in Option Value Models of Retirement: An Application to Belgium

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Spousal and Survivor Benefits in Option Value Models of Retirement: An Application to Belgium

Netspar Discussion Paper No. 08/2016-030
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 07 Sep 2016
Alain Jousten and Mathieu Lefebvre
University of Liege and University of Strasbourg
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Retirement, social security, dependent benefits

Spousal and Survivor Benefits in Option Value Models of Retirement: An Application to Belgium

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10246
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 01 Oct 2016
Alain Jousten and Mathieu Lefèbvre
University of Liege and University of Strasbourg
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retirement, social security, dependent benefits

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Work Capacity and Longer Working Lives in Belgium

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Work Capacity and Longer Working Lives in Belgium

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9032
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 11 May 2015
Alain Jousten and Mathieu Lefèbvre
University of Liege and University of Strasbourg
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employment, retirement, work capacity

Work Capacity and Longer Working Lives in Belgium

NBER Working Paper No. w21970
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 08 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2023
Alain Jousten and Mathieu Lefèbvre
University of Liege and University of Strasbourg
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New Evidence on the Social Security Incentives as Drivers of Retirement Behavior

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 07 May 2014 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2014
Alain Jousten and Ekaterina Tarantchenko
University of Liege and University of Liège - Department of Economics
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Social Security System, Financial Incentives, Eligibility, Retirement Behavior, Policy Simulations

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Social Security Incentives in Belgium: An Analysis of Four Decades of Change

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Social Security Incentives in Belgium: An Analysis of Four Decades of Change

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11775
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 17 Sep 2018
Anne-Lore Fraikin, Alain Jousten and Mathieu Lefèbvre
University of Liège, University of Liege and University of Strasbourg
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retirement, social security, pension, labor supply

Social Security Incentives in Belgium: An Analysis of Four Decades of Change

NBER Working Paper No. w25375
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 26 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 03 May 2023
Anne-Lore Fraikin, Alain Jousten and Mathieu Lefèbvre
University of Liège, University of Liege and University of Strasbourg
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Older Men's Labor Force Participation in Belgium

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Older Men's Labor Force Participation in Belgium

Netspar Discussion Paper No. 06/2016-031
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 09 Sep 2016
Alain Jousten and Mathieu Lefebvre
University of Liege and University of Strasbourg
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Older Men's Labor Force Participation in Belgium

NBER Working Paper No. w24669
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 04 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 29 May 2022
Alain Jousten and Mathieu Lefèbvre
University of Liege and University of Strasbourg
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Мобильность пенсий в рамках Евразийского экономического союза и СНГ (Pension Mobility within the Eurasian Economic Union and the CIS)

Eurasian Development Bank Centre for Integration Studies Report 24, 2014
Number of pages: 103 Posted: 30 Aug 2016
Tatiana Karabchuk, Veronica Kostenko, Anna Almakaeva, Natalia Soboleva and Alain Jousten
National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow), National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow), National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow), National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) and University of Liege
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Eurasian integration, post-Soviet states, CIS, Eurasian Economic Union, pension, mobility, demography, European Union

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Old‐Age Employment and Hours of Work Trends: Empirical Analysis for Four European Countries

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9819
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 21 Mar 2016
Arjeta Aliaj, Alain Jousten, Sergio Perelman and Lin Shi
HEC-ULg University of Liège, University of Liege, University of Liège - Department of Economics and HEC-ULg University of Liège
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retirement, employment, hours of work

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Retirement Decision of Belgian Couples and the Impact of the Social Security System

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16470
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 29 Sep 2023
Sefane Cetin and Alain Jousten
LIDAM/CORE and University of Liege
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old-age labor supply, retirement incentives, spousal bonus, pension reforms

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Social Security and Inequality in Belgium

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16735
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Jan 2024
Giulia Klinges, Alain Jousten and Mathieu Lefèbvre
University of Liège, University of Liege and University of Strasbourg
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social security and public pensions, old-age labor supply, retirement, pension reforms, inequality

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Micro-Modelling of Retirement in Belgium

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 17 May 2001
Arnaud Dellis, Alain Jousten and Sergio Perelman
Universite du Quebec a Montreal, University of Liege and University of Liège - Department of Economics
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Ageing, Belgium, retirement, social security

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Pensions and Savings in a Monetary Union: An Analysis of Capital Flows

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 18 Mar 2003
Alain Jousten and Florence Legros
University of Liege and Université Paris Dauphine - Economics
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Social security, ageing, international factor mobility

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Labour Mobility, Redistribution and Pensions Reform in Europe

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 15 May 2001
Alain Jousten and Pierre Pestieau
University of Liege and University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics
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Europe, mobility, pension, redistribution

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Pension Mobility within the Eurasian Economic Union and the CIS. Analytical Summary

Analytical Summary to the Eurasian Development Bank Centre for Integration Studies' Report 24, 2014
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 03 May 2022
Tatiana Karabchuk, Veronica Kostenko, Anna Almakaeva, Natalia Soboleva and Alain Jousten
National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow), National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow), National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow), National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) and University of Liege
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Eurasian integration, post-Soviet states, CIS, Eurasian Economic Union, pension, mobility, demography, European Union

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Trends in Social Security Incentives in Belgium

NBER Working Paper No. w31552
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 14 Aug 2023
Anne-Lore Fraikin, Alain Jousten and Mathieu Lefèbvre
Labour Market Information Council, University of Liege and University of Strasbourg
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