are for the timing of retirement. The new pension system provides a much closer link between contributions and benefits … than the former system. I study whether the reform has led to delayed retirement by examining the retirement patterns of … retirement hazard among latter born cohorts, who were more affected by the reform. This implies that retirement is delayed. Most …

-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 …

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. …

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 …

This paper studies the way in which labor market fluctuations affect the transition to early retirement among older … industry employment increases (decreases) the probability of early retirement. This result is driven by the public sector; in … after early retirement are higher during declining as well as expanding industry employment. The results support an …

supply as well as a reduction in undeclared work. The increase of the statutory retirement ages for men and women have … increased average employment rates of the elderly, but also retirement through alternative schemes, most notably disability … pensions and early retirement pensions. In a few cases, the Estonian benefit schemes generate disincentives to seek for a job …