-generations framework we show that in an environment characterized by unemployment, a reform towards a private pension system in the steady …

We investigate the unemployment pathway to retirement in Germany and study the causal effects of two early retirement … unemployment, and shifted to alternative pathways into retirement. The overall use of the retirement system declined by about 1 …

for elderly workers in Austria. The REBP extended entitlement to regular unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to a maximum …-experimental situation from which a lot can be learned about the impact of unemployment insurance rules on the dynamics of employment …, unemployment, and wages. We find that the REBP led to a tremendous increase in unemployment, which was due to both an increase in …

We investigate whether a cut in unemployment benefit payout periods affected older workers' labor market transitions … unemployed declined after the reform. These patterns suggest that the reform of unemployment benefits may be one of the reasons …

Previous studies find that past unemployment reduces life satisfaction even after reemployment for non-monetary reasons … (unemployment scarring). It is not clear, however, whether this scarring is only caused by employment-related factors, such as …-monetary unemployment scarring for people who were unemployed for the first time in their life directly prior to retirement, but not for …