retirement (the “retirement-consumption puzzle”). Comparing food spending for men retiring involuntarily early (through ill … for some retirees. Evidence on psychological and financial well-being also indicates that the retirement experience of …

location intention at retirement using a recent data set on migrants currently living in France. We found that the migrant …

just those at the point of retirement, this approach can provide additional insights on the efficacy of pension systems in … individuals above the 60% relative poverty threshold throughout retirement. Our simulations suggest that the gradual negative … lengthening of the time spent in receipt of retirement benefits. The consumption smoothing function of state pensions has declined …

pension benefits through retirement) calculated using more realistic labour market assumptions. These measures are used to …

trend is that the retirement incomes drawn from the public pension systems are on the decline, the changes are likely to … their working career if they want to avoid greater risks of poverty during retirement. …

across EU Member States and identifies policy initiatives that would encourage more flexible and later retirement. The … countries, close to one-half of those of 50 and over are either unemployed or inactive, with reliance either on early retirement … retirement age and this is likely to induce older workers to work longer. There is already some evidence that the effective …

Housing and pension wealth are shown to be important determinants of personal sector consumption and retirement … promotes greater savings. Greater private defined benefit pension wealth encourages earlier retirement, while greater de …¯ned contribution pension wealth has the e®ect of delaying retirement. State pension wealth appears to have no effect on the retirement …

According to Principal-Agent theory, states (the principal) delegate the implementation of a legalized agreement to an … chiefdoms. The article demonstrated the theory’s plausibility using the example of the EU. It has implications for the …

of retirement, as it uses pension wealth - the value of all transfers during retirement. This captures the impact of both … longevity and changes in the value of pensions during retirement. Moreover, rather than focusing only on average earners with … offset by longer retirement. Though reforms have helped address the financial challenge faced by pension systems, in many …