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Ruhose, Jens; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Weilage, Insa - 2020

examine a generous partial retirement reform in Germany that led to a massive increase in early retirement. Using county …

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A nudge to quit? : the effect of a change in pension information on annuitization, labour supply, and retirement choices among older workers

Hagen, Johannes; Hallberg, Daniel; Sjögren Lindquist, … - 2021

We study the effects of two exogenous modificationsin the Swedish pension system application formnudgingindividuals towards a fixed-term payout.Meanwhile, the set of available options and the default option-life annuity -were unchanged during the period under study. We examine the effects on...

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Calling older workers back to work

Grigoli, Francesco; Koczan, Zsoka; Topalova, Petia - 2021

Population aging in advanced economies could have significant macroeconomic implications, unless more individuals choose to participate in labor markets. In this context, the steep increase in the share of older workers who remain economically active since the mid1990s is an overlooked yet...

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Differentiating retirement age to compensate for career arduousness

Vandenberghe, Vincent - 2021

Population ageing in Europe calls for an overall rise in the age of retirement. However, many argue that this age … it first quantifies the impact of entire career arduousness on health at typical retirement age, relative to other key … determinants (gender, childhood health, parental longevity). It then estimates the degree of retirement age differentiation that …

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A nudge to quit? The effect of a change in pension information on annuitization, labor supply and retirement choices among older workers

Hagen, Johannes; Hallberg, Daniel; Sjögren Lindquist, … - 2018

relevant context where the use of nudge is widespread; retirement. Specifically, we find that an exogenous application form …

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The old-age pension household replacement rate in Belgium

Brown, Alessio J. G.; Fraikin, Anne-Lore - 2022

The objective of the paper is to examine the retirement behaviour of Belgian workers in one-earner households who are … study the link between retirement and financial retirement incentives created by the social security system. We find that … the household replacement rate generates slightly higher retirement incentives through an income effect and we find that …

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Short-run health consequences of retirement and pension benefits : evidence from China

Nikolov, Plamen; Adelman, Alan - 2019

the mechanisms that drive positive retirement program results, we find evidence that changes in individual health … the potential benefits of retirement programs resulting from social spillover effects. In addition, these programs may …

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Do private household transfers to the elderly respond to public pension benefits? : evidence from rural China

Nikolov, Plamen; Adelman, Alan - 2019 - Current version: April 2019

Aging populations in developing countries have spurred the introduction of public pension programs to preserve the standard of living for the elderly. The often-overlooked mechanism of intergenerational transfers, however, can dampen these intended policy effects, as adult children who make...

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Occupational differences in the effects of retirement on hospitalizations for mental illness among female workers : evidence from administrative data in China

Wang, Tianyu; Sun, Ruochen; Sindelar, Jody Louise; Chen, Xi - 2024

Retirement, a major transition in the life course, may affect many aspects of retirees' well-being, including health … and health care utilization. Leveraging differential statutory retirement age (SRA) by occupation for China's urban female … workers, we provide some of the first evidence on the causal effect of retirement on hospitalizations attributable to mental …

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Germany's labour market in Coronavirus distress : new challenges to safeguarding employment

Herzog-Stein, Alexander; Nüß, Patrick; Peede, Lennert; … - 2021

We analyse measures of internal flexibility taken to safeguard employment during the Coronavirus Crisis in comparison to the Great Recession. Cyclical working-time reductions are again a major factor in safeguarding employment. Whereas during the Great Recession all working-time instruments...

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