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In Germany, a large proportion of new retirees-at times, more than half of them-have taken disability retirement. This study investigates the role of expected benefits in determining that choice. The author finds that among German men in 1984-91, age, health, and prior wages were much stronger predictors of the transition into disability retirement than were expected benefits. She concludes that a ...
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Industrial and Labor Relations Review
52 (1999), 4, 628-647
| Regina T. Riphahn
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In:
Journal of Population Economics
12 (1999), 3, 363-389
| Regina T. Riphahn
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1999,
| Regina T. Riphahn
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Mainz:
2001,
| Regina T. Riphahn
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In:
Journal of Population Economics
15 (2002), 1, 115-135
| Regina T. Riphahn
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In:
Economics Letters
85 (2004), 3, 353-357
| Regina T. Riphahn
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In:
Applied Economics Quarterly (Konjunkturpolitik)
50 (2004), 4, 329-362
| Regina T. Riphahn
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In:
Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik
225 (2005), 3, 325-346
| Regina T. Riphahn
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Naturalization may be a relevant policy instrument affecting immigrant integration in host-country labor markets. We study the effect of naturalization on labor market outcomes of immigrants in Germany. We apply recent survey data and exploit a reform of naturalization rules in an instrumental variable estimation. In our sample of recent immigrants, linear regression yields positive correlations between ...
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Labour
33 (2019), 1, 48-76
| Regina T. Riphahn, Salwan Saif
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This paper aims to analyze the welfare use of Turkish immigrants and natives in Germany. The authors ask whether the immigrant-native gap in welfare use can be explained by observable characteristics, whether the mechanisms behind welfare dependence differ for Turkish immigrants and natives, and, finally, they compare the situation before and after the 2005 reform of the German welfare system. Using ...
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International Journal of Manpower
34 (2013), 1, 70-82
| Regina T. Riphahn, Monika Sander, Christoph Wunder