exists controversial empirical evidence showing that consumption declines at retirement. This paper investigates whether … there is evidence for this so-called Retirement Consumption Puzzle in Switzerland. Baseline regression discontinuity … endogeneity of retirement into account. The findings suggest that disposable income significantly decreases after retirement …

only claiming of pensions not in conjunction with retirement, we conclude that part of the selection is active: Some …

In this paper, we use a binary choice panel data model to analyze married individuals.retirement behavior in Norway … when a new option, AFP early retirement becomes available. We focus our study on the influence of the spouse ….s characteristics on early retirement behavior. We find the directions of spousal effects are quite symmetric but women seem to have a …

of labour, like education, disability, retirement age, participation rates and part time work (especially for women), and …

by aligning the social and private costs of early retirement. Using a large dynamic microsimulation model we find that …

retirement from 67 to 62 for a group of workers. For the individuals we study, the expected present value of benefits was held …