This paper examines retirement and related behavioral responses to policies that on average are actuarially neutral …. Many conventional models predict that actuarially neutral policies will not affect retirement behavior. In contrast, our … rewards does not balance the loss from foregone current benefits. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, we find …

Retirement Around the World. This project, which compares the experiences of a dozen developed countries, was launched in the mid … project document that social security program provisions can create powerful incentives for retirement that are strongly … affect retirement, whether there is a link between older employment and youth unemployment, and whether older individuals are …

the fact that the state retirement pension does not become available to men until age 65, half of men aged 60-64 were … economically inactive in the mid 1990s. The main element of the state retirement pension is flat rate, and for most people is … earned as a result of extra contribu- tions. Overall the state retirement pension system offers no incentives for people to …

This study examines the impact of social security on the retirement of married men aged 60-70 years. The empirical … retiring) denoted SSW. This variable measures social security's effect on retirement. The estimated effects are significant and … considerable. When SSW in-creases from $35,000 to $55,000 the probability of retirement rises by .15 for 62-64 year olds relative …

A structural retirement model is estimated using data for tenured, male faculty employed in the 1970's at 26 high … quality private colleges and universities. Simulations of raising and then abolishing the mandatory retirement age suggest … early retirement incentive programs would offset only a small fraction of the increase in work due to changes in mandatory …

the financial solvency of social security systems around the world. Ironically, the provisions of the systems themselves … programs often provide generous retirement benefits at young ages. Also, the provisions of these programs often imply large … financial penalties on earnings beyond the social security early retirement age.Furthermore, in many countries disability and …

Most state and local retirement plans strive for full funding, at least by actuarial standards. Funding measured at …

We construct a life-cycle model in which retirement occurs at the end of life as a result of declining health. We show … consumption level and the proportion of life spent in leisure. The retirement age increases proportionally less than the increase …

Retirees confront the difficult problem of how to manage their money in retirement so as to not outlive their funds … allocation decisions when managing her retirement financial wealth and annuities, and we prove that she can benefit from both the … equity premium and longevity insurance in her retirement portfolio. Even without bequests, she will not fully annuitize …