Social security programs and retirement around the world : disability insurance programs and retirement

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction - Courtney Coile, Kevin Milligan, and David A. Wise -- 1. Disability Insurance Incentives and the Retirement Decision: Evidence from the United States - Courtney Coile -- 2. Effect of Pensions and Disability Benefits on Retirement in the United Kingdom - James Banks, Carl Emmerson, and Gemma Tetlow -- 3. Option Value of Disability Insurance in Canada - Kevin Milligan and Tammy Schirle -- 4. Health Status, Disability, and Retirement Incentives in Belgium - Alain Jousten, Mathieu Lefebvre, and Sergio Perelman -- 5. Health, Disability Insurance, and Labor Force Exit of Older Workers in the Netherlands - Adriaan Kalwij, Klaas de Vos, and Arie Kapteyn -- 6. Retirement, Early Retirement, and Disability: Explaining Labor Force Participation after Fifty-Five in France - Luc Behaghel, Didier Blanchet, and Muriel Roger -- 7. Health, Financial Incentives, and Early Retirement: Microsimulation Evidence for Germany - Hendrik Jürges, Lars Thiel, Tabea Bucher-Koenen, Johannes Rausch, Morten Schuth, and Axel Börsch-Supan -- 8. Health, Disability Insurance, and Retirement in Denmark - Paul Bingley, Nabanita Datta Gupta, Michael Jørgensen, and Peder J. Pedersen -- 9. Pathways to Retirement and the Role of Financial Incentives in Sweden - Per Johansson, Lisa Laun, and Mårten Palme -- 10. Health Status, Disability Insurance, and Incentives to Exit the Labor Force in Italy: Evidence from SHARE - Agar Brugiavini and Franco Peracchi -- 11. Financial Incentives, Health, and Retirement in Spain - Pilar García-Gómez, Sergi Jiménez-Martín, and Judit Vall Castelló -- 12. Option Value of Work, Health Status, and Retirement Decisions in Japan: Evidence from the Japanese Study on Aging and Retirement (JSTAR) - Satoshi Shimizutani, Takashi Oshio, and Mayu Fujii -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index.