Improved understanding of retirement behavior is a key to better understanding of many important economic problems. In … the period we study the retirement patterns of a cohort of white males: 28% on average between 1970 and 1972, with the … of most active retirement behavior (ages 58-67) over a period of abrupt change in the economic incentives surrounding …

Retirement Around the World. This project, which compares the experiences of a dozen developed countries, was launched in the mid … project document that social security program provisions can create powerful incentives for retirement that are strongly … affect retirement, whether there is a link between older employment and youth unemployment, and whether older individuals are …

compares the social security and retirement experience in twelve developed countries. Both men and women are remaining longer … retirement incentives of social security programs, and the emergence of women in the workplace. The editors and contributors …

Focal retirement ages are a central feature of Social Security programs around the world, and provide a potentially … powerful tool for policy makers who are interested in reforming retirement systems to address the growing funding shortfalls … retirement system in Finland, featuring a relabeling of retirement ages with modest and continuous changes in financial …

the one hand and old-age labor force participation or early retirement on the other hand. We explore how both are linked … childhood environment and early retirement by analyzing the retirement behavior of cohorts born during World War I, a period of … harsh living conditions among the civilian population in Germany. Our data show higher early retirement rates among those …

This study examines the impact of social security on the retirement of married men aged 60-70 years. The empirical … retiring) denoted SSW. This variable measures social security's effect on retirement. The estimated effects are significant and … considerable. When SSW in-creases from $35,000 to $55,000 the probability of retirement rises by .15 for 62-64 year olds relative …

From age 62 through the full retirement age, the earnings test reduces the share of married men who work full time by … least initially. If the earnings test were abolished between the early and full retirement ages, the share of married men … model of retirement and wealth. The model is then used to simulate the effects of abolishing the remainder of the Social …

the fact that the state retirement pension does not become available to men until age 65, half of men aged 60-64 were … economically inactive in the mid 1990s. The main element of the state retirement pension is flat rate, and for most people is … earned as a result of extra contribu- tions. Overall the state retirement pension system offers no incentives for people to …

A structural retirement model is estimated using data for tenured, male faculty employed in the 1970's at 26 high … quality private colleges and universities. Simulations of raising and then abolishing the mandatory retirement age suggest … early retirement incentive programs would offset only a small fraction of the increase in work due to changes in mandatory …