This paper collects and reviews information about routes to retirement and exits from the labor force by older workers … in Sweden. It gives a concise survey of rules of the major retirement schemes covering disability, sickness and … unemployment. Usinglongitudinal micro data from the period between 1992 and 1999, it also studies alternative measures of …

incentives in a retirement decision are likely to be biased upward. We propose an estimation strategy where the retirement …We model retirement behavior in Sweden during the 1990ies with focus on voluntary early retirement where there is an … retirement. Earlier studies have neglected such offers, but in doing so, estimates of the individuals’ responses to financial …

situation post retirement. However, economic motives seem to be more important for younger pensioners. …

old-age retirement, disability, sick leave, and unemployment of the aged are explained. The third section is concerned …The paper reviews large literature on retirement, keeping in mind the goal of finding a suitable model to the labour … defining retirement. The second section deals with a multitude of labour market exit channels. Specific features of modelling …

This paper describes early retirement option programs in collective agreements in Sweden during the 1990s. We highlight … findings is that the effects of economic incentives on retirement very well might be over-estimated. …

(Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe) project. A measure of the household’s disposable annual income is used … that unemployment, being a homemaker, self-employed, living single, and having a child living close, are associated with an …