contribution scheme. In particular we examine the relationship between retirement, fertility and pensions in a three …-period overlapping generations model. We focus on both the case of mandatory retirement and the case where the retirement age is freely … chosen. In the case of mandatory retirement, increasing longevity has an unambiguously negative impact on fertility and …

This paper studies retirement and child support policies in a small, open, overlapping-generations economy with PAYG … social security and endogenous retirement and fertility decisions. It demonstrates that neither fertility nor retirement … the retirement age. Finally, the model is simulated in order to study whether the policies devoted to realizing the social …

, ethnicity and religion are not responsible for the increasing marital stability in Austria. Quite the contrary, without the rise …

's retirement decision. Using administrative pension insurance records from Germany, I examine the impact of a pension subsidy …

This paper exploits a combination of policy variation from multiple pension reforms in Austria and administrative data … and accrual elasticities in individuals' retirement decisions. Next, we use these elasticities to estimate a dynamic … programming model of retirement decisions. Finally, we use the estimated model to examine the labor supply and welfare …

' retirement decisions. The analysis is based on social security reforms in Austria in 2000 and 2004, and administrative data …We present quasi-experimental evidence on the effects of increasing the Early Retirement Age (ERA) on older workers …

This paper studies how an increase in the minimum retirement age affects the labor market behavior of older workers …. Between 2000 and 2006 the Austrian government gradually increased the early retirement age from 60 to 62.2 for men and from 55 … empirical analysis suggest that this policy change reduced retirement by 19 percentage points among affected men and by 25 …

In general, retirement is seen as a pure labor supply phenomenon, but firms can have strong incentives to send … expensive older workers into retirement. Based on the seniority wage model developed by Lazear (1979), we discuss steep … seniority wage profiles as incentives for firms to dismiss older workers before retirement. Conditional on individual retirement …