The effect of non-contributory pensions on labour supply and private income transfers: Evidence from Singapore

• Main Authors: CHEN, Yanying, TAN, Yi Jin
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Non-contributory pensions; Labour supply; Private income transfers; Crowding out; Asian Studies; Income Distribution; Labor Economics
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2178; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3177/viewcontent/10.1186_2Fs40173_018_0099_3.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Non-contributory pensions are becoming increasingly prevalent worldwide. As their effects are likely to be context-dependent, evaluating their effects in a wide range of settings is important for establishing the external validity of the non-contributory pension literature. We use a new monthly pane...