This study examines the sensitivity of the retirement age decision to standard retirement ages in pension overviews …. Specifically, their retirement age corresponds to the age of the anchor. The effect of the age anchor on the retirement age is … of social interactions are limited. This suggests that age anchors may have a distinct effect on the retirement age …

incentives matter for the retirement behavior of the self-employed. We also provide evidence of the self-employed not wanting to … retire as early as possible, and contrast these expectation data with realized retirement transitions. The overall picture …

system in the Netherlands to calculate net replacement rates at each age from 60 to 70 in full and partial retirement … analyze the implications of late full retirement and partial retirement for the occupational and state pension entitlements …. We pay particular attention to the retirement scenarios that are relevant for the current policy measures, aimed at …

Policy makers have often argued that an additional benefit of facilitating early retirement is that it creates … discourage early retirement to counter the economic consequences of an aging population and, interestingly, the consequences for … workers in more depth, if only to put any concerns for adverse effects of later retirement to rest. To empirically investigate …

retirement and claiming decision making. First, I find that, despite the previous availability of information, the Statement has … workers need to gather costly information in order to improve their retirement decision. Second, I use this exogenous … their retirement behavior: i) Workers do not change their expected age of retirement after receiving the Statement; ii …