Government Transfers, Work, and Wellbeing: Evidence from the Russian Old-Age Pension

Louise Grogan () and Fraser Summerfield
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Louise Grogan: University of Guelph (Canada)

Journal of Population Economics, 2019, vol. 32, issue 4, No 5, 1247-1292

Abstract: Abstract This paper examines the impacts of a large and anticipated government transfer, the Russian old-age pension, on labor supply, home production, and subjective wellbeing. The discontinuity in eligibility at pension age is exploited for inference. The 2006–2011 Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey is employed. At pension age, women reduce market work and appear to increase home production. They report increased wellbeing. Men reduce labor supply without any apparent increase in wellbeing. Pension receipt does not impact household composition.

Keywords: Labor supply; Pensions; Subjective wellbeing; Fuzzy regression discontinuity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I31 J22 J26 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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