the one hand and old-age labor force participation or early retirement on the other hand. We explore how both are linked … features and reforms of the pension system since the 1960s. Then we show how mortality, health and labor force participation of … the elderly have changed since the 1970. While mortality (as our main measure of health) has continuously decreased and …

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 …

In recent decades, many states have reduced future retirement benefits for newly hired teachers. We estimate that in … 2020 the average initial monthly retirement benefit, for teachers retiring with 30 years of service, is 11.2 percent lower …

much more attractive thanks to three factors: a more generous delayed retirement credit, improvements in mortality, and …

. The PBGC pays retirement benefits as provided by the plan and that are consistent with federal guidelines concerning the … information on all individuals who received a retirement benefit from the PBGC in the last 10 years, over 250,000 retirees. We … examine the PBGC distributions chosen over the last decade and how they vary by age at retirement, sex, months of service, and …

Disability, work and retirement -- New age thinking: alternative ways of measuring age, their relationship to labor … status and transitions during the pre-retirement years: learning from international differences / Arie Kapteyn, James P … -- Retirement saving -- The rise of 401(k) plans, lifetime earnings, and wealth at retirement / James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti …

of Doyle et al. (2015), we find that the VA reduces 28-day mortality by 46% (4.5 percentage points) and that these …