Major events in the life of an elderly individual, such as retirement, a significant decrease in income, death of the …

spouse is not employed. Observed covariates, including wages and retirement benefits, help to explain these patterns, but …

Private pension provision faces the challenging task of providing stable income streams during retirement. The … illiquid capital, complementing public retirement provision, reducing the interest-rate sensitivity of pensions and smoothing …

This paper studies how an increase in the minimum retirement age affects the labor market behavior of older workers …. Between 2000 and 2006 the Austrian government gradually increased the early retirement age from 60 to 62.2 for men and from 55 … empirical analysis suggest that this policy change reduced retirement by 19 percentage points among affected men and by 25 …

We estimate the causal effect of early retirement on mortality for blue-collar workers. To overcome the problem of … any adverse effect early retirement onmortality for females. Death causes indicate a significantly higher incidence of …

When entering retirement most people face the decision whether they would like their defined contribution account …

combine high-quality survey and administrative data. Our results suggest that partial or gradual retirement options offered by …

payment is controlled for. Our evidence suggests that increasing the retirement age does not necessarily produce individuals …

The retirement decisions of spouses may be interdependent for various reasons: similarity of tastes, joint assets … studies exist on this topic. From a policy point of view interdependent retirement could become important if legislators in … different EC countries are forced to synchronize minimum retirement ages, which are lower now for females than males in a number …