savings as they either continue to retire early via disability pensions or bridge the gap to regular retirement by drawing …Two pension reforms in Austria increased the early retirement age from 60 to 62 for men and from 55 to 58.25 for women … effects on disability insurance claims. Specifically, unemployment increased by roughly 10 percentage points both among men …

This paper explores how extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefits targeted to older workers affect early retirement … entire early retirement system, which often includes extended UI and relaxed access to disability insurance (DI). We argue … that extended UI generates program complementarity (increased take-up of UI followed by DI and/or regular retirement …

This paper explores how extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefits targeted to older workers affect early retirement … entire early retirement system, which often includes extended UI and relaxed access to disability insurance (DI). We argue … that extended UI generates program complementarity (increased take-up of UI followed by DI and/or regular retirement …

in Sweden. It gives a concise survey of rules of the major retirement schemes covering disability, sickness and …This paper collects and reviews information about routes to retirement and exits from the labor force by older workers … unemployment. Usinglongitudinal micro data from the period between 1992 and 1999, it also studies alternative measures of …

This paper describes early retirement option programs in collective agreements in Sweden during the 1990s. We highlight … the differences between actual pension benefits and those stipulated in the standard agreements. We find that the … individuals frequently face far better options than those given by standard agreements. The mix and the timing of pensions is …

. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and … pension systems) and total labor supply is of crucial importance to combat problems and ensure economic growth in the future …. The German labor market has been plagued by high and persistent unemployment in the last two decades in combination with a …

result, many policymakers and budget analysts are concerned about the continued viability of entitlement programs such as …

newcomers. This social phenomenon and affects wages and unemployment. We show that the growth in the unemployment and social …

benefit duration increases the likelihood of a cardiac event and eventual disability retirement filing. …Using administrative data for Upper Austrian workers from 2003-2013, we show that an extension in unemployment … insurance (UI) duration increases unemployment length and impacts worker physical and mental health. These effects vary by …