for employment protection, provided it is uniform across workers and not specifically higher for older workers. It …

heterogeneity. We also take into account that there might be feedback from shocks in the employment status to future propensity of … receiving firm-provided training. We find that firm-provided training significantly increases future employment prospects. This …

This paper evaluates the relative impact of range of health, economic and structural factors on the employment … of workforce in 34 industrial sectors drawn from the decennial censuses from 1951 to 1981. It finds that early retirement … is influenced primarily by economic factors, although health becomes important in 1981. By showing that retirement and …

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 … as of the implicit tax rates the elderly workers face in case of delayed retirement. We find strong evidence of social …

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 …

on the key distinction between those in forced early retirement and those who retire early by individual choice. We start … by estimating a retirement probit model for older workers in Belgium. Based on these estimates, we then perform micro … respect to the time of retirement. We explore two scenarios, one where the entire population is subjected to the actuarial …

compared to other income also explains part of the burden. Part of the employment loss and of the social expenditure can be …

long-established employment practices and patterns of asset accumulation. Information drawn from the decennial censuses …

, and the paper concludes that the scope for reducing this cost by altering pension systems or increasing retirement age is …