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receive generous pensions and face mandatory retirement by age 60, and an informal system, under which rural residents and … context of work and retirement patterns in Indonesia, Korea, the United States, and the United Kingdom. As is common in many … developing countries, China can be characterized as having two retirement systems: a formal system, under which urban employees …
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receive generous pensions and face mandatory retirement by age 60, and an informal system, under which rural residents and … context of work and retirement patterns in Indonesia, Korea, the United States, and the United Kingdom. As is common in many … developing countries, China can be characterized as having two retirement systems: a formal system, under which urban employees …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371185
Feldstein [1985] posed the questions of what would be the optimal level of retirement benefit, and what would be the …
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Many OECD countries invest heavily in labour-market programs to prolong careers. Although active labour-market programs designed for this purpose have frequently been evaluated, less is known about the employment impact of more passive regimes that make labour-market participation later in life...
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We analyse the effects of pension reforms on the planned retirement age of women by exploiting within country variation … pension regime on retirement decisions is affected by the presence of gaps in careers of women. Binding constraints related to … eligibility to pensions indeed reduce the responsiveness of women to changes in pension rules. This explains why, contrary to a …
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Extending working lives is often proposed as one route through which the costs associated with population ageing can be managed. In that context, understanding who currently works for longer can help policymakers to design policies to facilitate longer working. In particular, it is important to...
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It is a challenge for politics that an aging population leads to demands that the retirement age is increasing while … the labour market. However, the regulations have become more restrictive in the last decade and early retirement usually … leads to a lower pension. In this article, we map options for early retirement in other countries. We have found five main …
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This paper uses a telephone survey of 950 employers to examine employer-side restrictions on phased retirement. Not …’s opportunity for phased retirement. The paper uses these data to first establish that employers are selective when offering … opportunities for phased retirement. It then examines what worker and job characteristics are particularly important in the …
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women, (b) maintain the existing retirement age but require older workers to work longer per-period hours. There are reasons …-off between later retirement versus increased work intensity, produce relevant background facts, and provide estimates of the …
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retirement. The results remain robust when controlling for technological change and work commitment. …
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