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Working life and human capital investment: Causal evidence from pension reform

In this paper we present a life-cycle model with human capital investment during working life through training and provide a novel empirical test of human capital theory. Using a sizable pension reform which shifts the retirement age between two adjacent cohorts by three years, we document causal evidence that an increase in the working life increases investment into human capital through training. We estimate this effect using a regression discontinuity design based on a large sample from the German microcensus. We discuss and test further predictions regarding the relation between initial schooling, training, and the reform effect and show that only individuals with a college degree increase human capital investment. Our results speak to a large class of human capital models as well as policies extending or shortening working life.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Discussion Paper ; No. 212

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Retirement; Retirement Policies
Taxation and Subsidies: Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
Thema
human capital
retirement policies
RDD

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Gohl, Niklas
Haan, Peter
Kurz, Elisabeth
Weinhardt, Felix
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Collaborative Research Center Transregio 190 - Rationality and Competition
(wo)
München und Berlin
(wann)
2019

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Gohl, Niklas
  • Haan, Peter
  • Kurz, Elisabeth
  • Weinhardt, Felix
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Collaborative Research Center Transregio 190 - Rationality and Competition

Entstanden

  • 2019

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