In this paper, we examine the consequences of delaying retirement in an overlapping generations model with domestic … production and parental transfers in the form of grandchild care. We show that a change in age at retirement influences the … retirement may increase time devoted to grandchild care transfers, which allows the young to work more on the labour market. We …

with overlapping generations, endogenous growth and endogenous retirement age. We calibrate this model on Belgian data. We … retirement age recorded over the last fifty years. In addition, we find that the sharp increase in government expenditures … aging by generating an endogenous increase of the retirement age. …

latter region, a postponement in the retirement age of unskilled individuals has the most beneficial effect in relieving the …

The effects of three reforms of the Belgian old-age pension system were examined on retirement behaviour, government … retirement, and in particularly penalize early retirement of the rich more than the poor, are not only the ones that enhance the … relative poverty among the old-age retired. On the contrary, reforms that compensate retirement beyond the age of eligibility …

Early retirement is often explained as resulting from a voluntary labour supply choice of a utility maximizing … individual. nonetheless, a lof of individuals perceive retirement as a forced instead as a voluntary decision. This paper tries …-sector employees into unemployment, early and old-age retirement while accounting for forward-looking retirement incentives. The …

, levels of human capital are on the rise. Should this lift the age of retirement and lead to higher lifetime employment rates … ? In order to explore these issues, we develop a simple model with endogenous retirement. It tells us that the impact of … education on retirement is ambiguous. Higher wages encourage educated workers to postpone retirement (foregone effect). But …

invest in the human capital of older workers. In addition in Belgium both employers and the government design retirement …