In general, retirement is seen as a pure labor supply phenomenon, but firms can have strong incentives to send … expensive older workers into retirement. Based on the seniority wage model developed by Lazear (1979), we discuss steep … seniority wage profiles as incentives for firms to dismiss older workers before retirement. Conditional on individual retirement …

) contributions from unemployment insurance funds, by the previous firms themselves, as well as by a collectively-bargained special …

policy to allow flexible retirement options for the elderly with an aim to increase labour supply. According to our matching …. Furthermore, the programme seems to reduce the measured unemployment risk. However, the total number of hours worked is …

We analyze the effect of automation and offshorability on unemployment duration and postunemployment outcomes such as … wages and employment stability. Our rich administrative data allow us to evaluate the importance of providing unemployment …

market variables, such as unemployment, wage differentials and employment protection, and to the funding of tertiary …

signiffcantly below those of a control group, even after six years. -- fertility ; unemployment ; plant closings ; human capital …