incentives in a retirement decision are likely to be biased upward. We propose an estimation strategy where the retirement … marginal effects in retirement probability w.r.t. a change in financial incentives is less pronounced if early retirement …We model retirement behavior in Sweden during the 1990ies with focus on voluntary early retirement where there is an …

situation post retirement. However, economic motives seem to be more important for younger pensioners. …

examine how social security financial incentives and personal characteristics affects one's own and spouses' retirement … retirement decisions in developed countries. However, women's and couples' labour supply decisions and the patterns of withdrawal … decisions. Our results suggested that couples synchronize retirement and that they respond similarly to their own …

This paper analyzes the effect of two age-targeted policy initiatives to delay retirement that were simultaneously … year of birth while the social security system is governed by age at retirement, i.e., the day of birth, in analyzing the …

In this paper, we examine whether adult education delays retirement and increases labour force participation among the … indicate no effects of adult education on the timing of retirement. …

-time retirement behaviour in Sweden. During the 1980s, older workers had the option of partial retirement with an income replacement … women chose part-time retirement after the reduction in benefit levels in 1981. There was an approximate 4 percentage point … drop in the partial retirement propensity among eligible 60-year old men, and a 5.7 percent drop among women. This …

through disability. In general, the low generosity of out-of-work benefits means that positive incentives to work exist for … almost all benefit recipients, but weak work incentives exist for those receive Housing Benefit, and for primary earners in … couples who have low earnings. Recent reforms to strengthen work incentives have altered the in-work tax credits, rather than …

findings is that the effects of economic incentives on retirement very well might be over-estimated. …This paper describes early retirement option programs in collective agreements in Sweden during the 1990s. We highlight …

This paper collects and reviews information about routes to retirement and exits from the labor force by older workers … in Sweden. It gives a concise survey of rules of the major retirement schemes covering disability, sickness and … retirement, joint retirement behavior of spouses, transition path probabilities, and successive exits in terms of a reduction in …

The paper reviews large literature on retirement, keeping in mind the goal of finding a suitable model to the labour … defining retirement. The second section deals with a multitude of labour market exit channels. Specific features of modelling … old-age retirement, disability, sick leave, and unemployment of the aged are explained. The third section is concerned …