De Waegenaere, Anja; Nijman, Theo; Sanders, E.A.T. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2010
It is common practice for public pension schemes to offer individuals the option to delay benefit claiming until after … imply that deferring benefit claiming is suboptimal, irrespective of the preferences of the individual. Specifically, we … derive preference-free conditions under which delaying benefit claiming is dominated by claiming benefits early, and using …