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Old-age Labor Force Participation in Germany : What Explains the Trend Reversal among Older Men? And What the Steady Increase among Women?

Börsch-Supan, Axel - 2017

The aim of this paper is to illustrate for Germany the factors that may explain the U-shaped pattern of older men's labor force participation - from a long declining trend that began in the early 1970s to an increasing trend starting from the late 1990s - and at the same time the steady increase...

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Social Security Reforms and the Changing Retirement Behavior in Germany

Börsch-Supan, Axel H. - 2020

As much like other industrialized countries, in recent decades the employment rate in Germany for those aged 55 to 69 …". We find that for both men and women the increase in the employment rate coincides with a reduction in the early …

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Incentive Effects of Social Security on Labor Force Participation : Evidence in Germany and Across Europe

Borsch-Supan, Axel - 1998

All across Europe, old age labor force participation has declined dramatically during the last decades. This secular trend coincides with population aging. The European social security systems therefore face a double threat: retirees receive pensions for a longer time while there are less...

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Policy Uncertainty and Precautionary Savings

Giavazzi, Francesco - 2008

part-time employment …

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Early Retirement, Social Security and Well-Being in Germany

Börsch-Supan, Axel - 2006

Germans retire early. On the one hand, early retirement is very costly and amplifies the burden which the German public pension system has to carry due to population aging. On the other hand, however, early retirement is also seen as a much appreciated social achievement which increases the...

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Healthy, Happy and Idle : Estimating the Health Capacity to Work at Older Ages in Germany

Jürges, Hendrik - 2016

whose employment patterns are or were hardly affected by the current (early) retirement incentives. Using these "pure health …

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The Relationship between Establishment Training and the Retention of Older Workers : Evidence from Germany

Berg, Peter B. - 2015

In the coming years, a substantial portion of Germany's workforce will retire, making it difficult for businesses to meet human capital needs. Training older workers may be a successful strategy for managing this demographic transition. This study examines relationships between establishment...

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Can Policy Facilitate Partial Retirement? Evidence from Germany

Berg, Peter - 2015

retirement incentives. Using matched pension system and establishment survey data, we estimate changes in part-time employment … of employment by 1.8 years. As the policy evolved to include an abrupt retirement option, the worklife gain for men fell … to 1.2 years. Among women, part-time employment grew less and employment duration changed little initially but later …

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When Institutions Interact : How the Effects of Unemployment Insurance are Shaped by Retirement Policies

Gudgeon, Matthew; Guzman, Pablo; Schmieder, Johannes; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This paper shows empirically that the non-employment effects of unemployment insurance (UI) for older workers depend in …

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Household Saving in Germany : Results of the first SAVE study

Borsch-Supan, Axel - 2003

Germany is an interesting country to study saving among older households since nearly everyone - whether in the middle income bracket or richer - saves substantial amounts in old age. Only households in the lowest quarter of the income distribution spend more between the ages of 60 and 75 than...

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