The object of this paper is to examine the impact of type of pension scheme on retirement behaviour. The well … retirement behaviour. The paper presents a model of a simple (defined contribution) pension plan and looks at the optimal … retirement date, which is found to depend on prospective earnings and the evolution of the accumulated pension fund, which, in …

demography persists, benefit promises are out of line with contribution rates and retirement ages. This book puts forward a …

to business closure, redundancy, dismissal, early retirement, etc.), marital status (married/widowed) and health status … cessation) has a significant effect only for Belgium and the Netherlands. However, the impact of this reason on the retirement …

their populations and re-balance retirement income provision to keep it adequate and ensure that the retirement income … countries be able to pay for the promises they are making? There are no simple answers to these questions. National retirement …-income systems are complex and pension benefits depend on a wide range of factors. Differences in retirement ages, benefit …

transfers rather than those at retirement and by looking into the interaction between entitlements and labour participation …

just those at the point of retirement, this approach can provide additional insights on the efficacy of pension systems in … individuals above the 60% relative poverty threshold throughout retirement. Our simulations suggest that the gradual negative … lengthening of the time spent in receipt of retirement benefits. The consumption smoothing function of state pensions has declined …

deepening, and indirect effects, working through changes of taxes, government spending components and the retirement age in …. The closed-form solutions of the model predict taxation and the retirement age in OECD economies to increase in response … to demographic ageing and per-capita growth to accelerate. If the retirement age were held constant, the growth rate in …