In this paper, we examine whether adult education delays retirement and increases labour force participation among the … indicate no effects of adult education on the timing of retirement. …

% of GDP) and the system has been very generous on early retirement possibilities: the reforms have tried to tackle these …

supply as well as a reduction in undeclared work. The increase of the statutory retirement ages for men and women have … increased average employment rates of the elderly, but also retirement through alternative schemes, most notably disability … pensions and early retirement pensions. In a few cases, the Estonian benefit schemes generate disincentives to seek for a job …

This paper studies the way in which labor market fluctuations affect the transition to early retirement among older … industry employment increases (decreases) the probability of early retirement. This result is driven by the public sector; in … after early retirement are higher during declining as well as expanding industry employment. The results support an …

This paper studies empirically the consequences of retirement on health. We make use of a targeted retirement offer to … army employees 55 years of age or older. Before the offer was implemented in the Swedish defense, the normal retirement age … for a reduction in both mortality and in inpatient care as a consequence of the early retirement offer. Increasing the …

, retirement schemes, pensions and insurances, it becomes increasingly important to understand the determinants of cognitive … of these periods differs across countries. <p> We apply data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe …

. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and …