This paper shows that increasing the normal retirement age and introducing pension deductions for retirement before … normal retirement age in Germany did not prolong employment of older men. The reason for this surprising result is that … employers encouraged their employees to use the bridge options unemployment or partial retirement instead of the early …

pension contributions and expected standard of living in retirement, using microdata from the German Panel on Household … have lower (higher) expected standards of living in retirement, due to the uncertainty regarding intrahousehold resource … sharing. The empirical results suggest that household bargaining is significantly correlated with individual retirement …

effects of early retirement disincentives on retirement behavior, individual welfare, pensions and public budget. We employ … retirement model. We find that labor market participation and retirement behavior in general are strongly influenced by the level …

close to retirement. The age pattern is partly explained by the positive effect of pension wealth on disability pensions …

close to retirement. The age pattern is partly explained by the positive effect of pension wealth on disability pensions …

How to invest and decumulate wealth during retirement has far-reaching consequences for consumption during retirement … investigate the choice between phased withdrawal plans with varying riskiness resulting in volatile retirement income. We find … that 40% of the participants choose some risk and thus, accept fluctuations in retirement income. Second, we analyze the …