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”. We find that for both men and women the increase in the employment rate coincides with a reduction in the early … retirement incentive. The reduction of incentives mainly stems from the introduction of actuarial deductions for early retirement … and from the abolishment of specific early retirement pathways …
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summarize research on how older women were differentially negatively impacted by the elimination of Social Security’s Retirement …We provide an overview of research that indicates that older women face unique challenges and opportunities with … respect to work, retirement, Social Security, and age discrimination law. We present estimates of poverty by age and sex …
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retirement. Regarding women, whether public pension rules play a role is unclear. Most probably, the secular change of women … the late 1990s - and at the same time the steady increase in older women's labor force participation. In a first step, we …'s role in society is the main driver of the steadily increasing labor force participation among German women …
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American women are working more, through their sixties and even into their seventies. Their increased participation at … downturns of the 2000s. The higher labor force participation of older women consists disproportionately of those working at full …-time jobs. Increased labor force participation of women in their older ages is part of the general increase in cohort labor …
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. When we explore the reasons for delayed retirement among older women, factors include education, more marital disruption …The goal of this paper is to ascertain whether older women's current and anticipated future labor force patterns have … ages. Using data from both the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the National Financial Capability Study (NFCS), we …
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Black women in current cohorts ages 50 to 72 years have lower employment than similar white women, despite having had … higher employment when they were middle-aged and younger. Earlier cohorts of older black women also worked more than their … white counterparts. Although it is not surprising that white women's employment should catch up to that of black women given …
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This paper considers the potential relationship between providing care for grandchildren and retirement, among women … nearing retirement age. Using 47,400 person-wave observations from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), we find the arrival … of a new grandchild is associated with a more than eight percent increase in the retirement hazard despite little overall …
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This paper deals with the effects of labor and transfer incomes as determinants of older women's labor force … participation. It examines the responsiveness of women aged 48-62 to the level of income available from both work and public … of disability-related transfers affects the labor supply of these women. A maximum-likelihood model is estimated …
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In this paper we examine the economic and family determinants of married women's retirement behavior. A model of wives …' retirement decisions is developed and tested empirically using data on working married women. Estimated response parameters are …
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Retirement Around the World. The first phase described the retirement incentives inherent in plan provisions and documented the …
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