We study the effects of an annuity market imperfection on individual agents' labour supply and retirement decisions and …

How can retirement savings be increased? We explore a unique policy change in the context of the German pension system … these letters on the behavior of individuals. We find an increase in tax-deductible private retirement savings and provide … evidence that this is not due to a crowding-out of other forms of savings. We also show that labor earnings, i.e. the most …

advocated policy response is to increase retirement age. Ironically, however, the political support for this policy may actually …) from pension reforms referenda, we show in fact that individuals close to retirement tend to oppose policies that postpone … retirement, whereas young and elderly individuals are more favorable. The current process of population aging, and the associated …

In this paper, we consider how the hours of work and retirement age ought to respond to a change in the uncertainty of … individuals' labor supply and retirement-decisions, the results show that a decrease in the standard deviation of life …-length leads to an increase in the optimal retirement age and a decrease in the hours of work per period spent working. This result …

mortality process. Individual agents choose their optimal retirement age, taking into account the time - and age profiles of … wages, taxes, and the public pension system. The early retirement provision in most pension systems acts as a trap, inducing … most workers to retire well before the normal retirement age. Simulations show that pension reform must be drastic for it …

policy consists in full deferral of income taxes on savings and a full taxation of interest. Mobility of the old calls for … savings in combination with full tax exemption on capital income …

impact of survival on the return of their savings. We also claim that because of its non-monetary form, effort is not … of annuitized savings is desirable for both types. This tax is higher for the low-survival individual. Under asymmetric …

view (i.e., including human capital) of investment and saving. We find that the Feldstein-Horioka result is impervious to …