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Policy Uncertainty, Misinformation, and Statutory Retirement Age Reform

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  • Veltri, Bruno
  • Blesch, Maximilian

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  • Veltri, Bruno & Blesch, Maximilian, 2025. "Policy Uncertainty, Misinformation, and Statutory Retirement Age Reform," VfS Annual Conference 2025 (Cologne): Revival of Industrial Policy 325463, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
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    • D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
    • D86 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Economics of Contract Law
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
    • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies

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