specificities for the effect of labor market institutions on the employability of those workers. It shows that while unemployment …This paper discusses the specificities of the labor market for older workers. It discusses the implications of those … benefits indexed backwards and hiring costs are likely to harm these workers more than the average worker, the converse is true …

elasticities for those who experienced unemployment during the previous year and those on higher incomes; for average employed men …

This paper investigates whether on-the-job training has an effect on the employability of workers. Using data from the … finding is robust to a number of robustness checks. It also holds for older workers, suggesting that firm-provided training … may be an important instrument to retain older workers at work. …

Major events in the life of an elderly individual, such as retirement, a significant decrease in income, death of the …

as of the implicit tax rates the elderly workers face in case of delayed retirement. We find strong evidence of social …The present Paper studies the retirement incentives for elderly people in Belgium. We model the incentive structure … built into the various public early retirement and retirement systems. First, we compute indicators of benefit entitlement …

The retirement decisions of spouses may be interdependent for various reasons: similarity of tastes, joint assets … studies exist on this topic. From a policy point of view interdependent retirement could become important if legislators in … different EC countries are forced to synchronize minimum retirement ages, which are lower now for females than males in a number …

decision. Then we introduce the possibility of testing which sorts out disabled workers from healthy but retirement …This paper studies the design of retirement and disability policies. It illustrates the often observed exit from the … labour force of healthy workers through disability insurance schemes. Two types of individuals, disabled and leisure …