We examine individuals' retirement behaviour in response to changes in the State Pension eligibility age introduced in … various Pension Acts in the UK. The findings show the probability of retirement increases sharply once individuals become … adjusting their expected retirement age upwards in response to an increase in the SP eligibility age. Our findings suggest that …

Using rich Finnish population level registers, we examine the impact of fusing a flexible early retirement pathway with …-related early retirement declined by 1.8 (1.5) percentage points equivalent to a relative drop of approximately 37% (39%) following … stronger behavioural response to the reform. We find tentative evidence of programme substitution to early retirement pathways …

In this paper we study the separate effects of unemployment and job displace- ment on fertility in a sample of white … collar women in Austria. Using an instru- mental variables approach we show that unemployment incidence as such has no … so irrespective of the incidence or the duration of the associated unemployment spell. …

variation in testosterone levels to explain transition probabilities into and out of unemployment. We examine labour market …, higher testosterone levels reduce the risk of unemployment. Based on previous studies and descriptive evidence, we argue that …

reduction in fertility is not due to the income loss generated by unemployment but arises because displaced workers undergo a …