How can public pension systems be reformed to ensure fiscal stability in the face of increasing life expectancy?  To address this pressing open question in public finance, we estimate a life-cycle model in which the optimal employment, retirement and consumption decisions of forward-looking...

Using longitudinal data from the Canadian National Population Health Survey (NPHS), we study the relationship between health and employment among older Canadians. We focus on two issues: (1) the possible endogeneity of self- reported health, particularly "justification bias", and (2) the...

"'Marginal employment', i. e. employment with low working hours and earnings not covered by social security, has been gaining importance in the German economy over the past decade. Using a large newly available panel data set from the Employment Statistics of the Federal Employment Agency and...

"The 'Data on Individuals' of the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and the Federal Employment Agency (BA) which are available from the Research Data Centre (FDZ) include the following: Integrated Employment Biographies (IEBS), IAB Employment Samples 1975-2001 (IABS 1975-2001), the BA...