Intrinsic Work Motivation and Pension Reform Acceptance

Twitter Acceptance: The Role of Intrinsic Motivation

The aim of this study has been to investigate the process of acceptance and use of technology by users, focusing on the role of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in determining it. The key role of user's motivation in determining the usage behavior has been already investigated from previous research, but they have not focused on the process of microblogging acceptance. On the contrary of othe...

Aging and Pension reform with Change contribution rates

Increased life expectancy and reduced fertility rates have led to aging which is one of the main causes of the pension funds imbalances in Iran’s pension funds. In order to resolve these imbalances, some reforms are required. The first option is to use parametric reforms, such as changing contribution rates of the pension system. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of aging and c...

Evaluating Pension Reform

Macroeconomic and Welfare Effects of Parametric Pension Reform in Iran

The aim of this paper is to analyze the macroeconomic effects of parametric reforms. An adjusted Auerbach-Kotlikoff model is used to study the effects of decreasing replacement and contribution rates of the pension system. The first part concentrates on the macroeconomic effect of reforms. Our results indicate that reducing the replacement and contribution rates increase the capital stock and d...

Targeted Pension Reform