In most data sets of labor force participation of the elderly, an empirical regularity that emerges is that retirement … given the economic considerations that retirees typically face. This paper considers the puzzle of why retirement rates are …

We analyze the influence of health and financial incentives on the retirement behavior of older workers in France …, building upon Stock and Wise (1990) option value approach. The model accounts for three main retirement routes: the normal … retirement, disability insurance (DI) and unemployment/preretirement pathways, and is estimated with a combination of …

affect retirement, whether there is a link between older employment and youth unemployment, and whether older individuals are … 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 …

respect to work, retirement, Social Security, and age discrimination law. We present estimates of poverty by age and sex … “fall between the cracks” of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and are thus not … summarize research on how older women were differentially negatively impacted by the elimination of Social Security’s Retirement …

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

retirement. Regarding women, whether public pension rules play a role is unclear. Most probably, the secular change of women …

Retirement Around the World. The first phase described the retirement incentives inherent in plan provisions and documented the … in the employment of older person would reduce the employment of younger persons. The validity of such claims is …

Retirement Around the World. The first phase described the retirement incentives inherent in plan provisions and documented the … the labor force participation of younger persons in twelve countries. We found no evidence that increasing the employment … of older persons will reduce the employment opportunities of youth and no evidence that increasing the employment of …

measures concur with changes in employment rates among older workers.Institutional subscribers to the NBER working paper series …

I investigate how the relationship between health status and retirement among older men has changed since 1900 using …, suggesting that health is now less important to the retirement decision than in the past. The difference in the relative risk of … incorporation of the old and disabled into the labor force may therefore have a minimal impact on retirement rates. The findings …