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

Anne-Lore Fraikin (), Alain Jousten and Mathieu Lefebvre
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Anne-Lore Fraikin: University of Liège

No 11775, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: The paper traces labor market reforms over the last four decades. It provides estimates of retirement incentives for a selected set of typical worker profiles across time and socio-economic groups and links these series to the labor market performance in Belgium. The results show that the numerous retirement and social security program reforms have had a marked impact on incentives at the micro level. At the aggregate level, results are less clear-cut given the extreme diversity of programs and features in the Belgian institutional context.

Keywords: retirement; social security; pension; labor supply (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H31 I38 J21 J26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 43 pages
Date: 2018-08
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Chapter: Social Security Incentives in Belgium: An Analysis of Four Decades of Change (2018)
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