elicits expectations of retirement outcomes, thus allowing us to measure the expected social security wealth and to assess to …

the legal age of retirement in Switzerland, led to differences in approval rates of nearly seven percentage points. Based …

lengthen retirement age and/or cut pension benefits. After controlling for individual features of the respondent, we find that …

We estimate the effect of pension reforms on households’ expectations of retirement outcomes and private wealth … pension benefits to pre-retirement income. The Survey of Household Income and Wealth, a large random sample of the Italian … of social security arrangements on expectations of retirement outcomes and household saving decisions. Our main findings …

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 …

This paper studies the design of retirement and disability policies. It illustrates the often observed exit from the … social welfare. Benefits depend on retirement age and on the (reported) health status. We determine first- and second …-best optimal benefit levels and retirement ages and focus on the distortions which may be induced in the individuals’ retirement …