Het kabinet Rutte-Asscher heeft afspraken gemaakt over een versnelde verhoging vande AOW-leeftijd, zodat deze in 2018 op 66 jaar zal liggen en in 2021 op 67 jaar.Werknemers zullen zich daarom moeten instellen op een situatie waarin zij langermoeten doorwerken. Tegelijkertijd zorgt de verhoging...

Using representative household panel data, we show that the investment behavior ofhouseholds is related to the economic locus of control of household heads. A households internal locus of control in economic issues is positively related to its decision to hold risky assets as well as its share...

This paper investigates the causal effects of the announcement of an increase in the statutory pension age on employee retirement expectations. In June 2010, the Dutch government signed a new pension agreement with the employer and employee organizations that entailed an increase in the...

This paper investigates whether employers can induce employees to postpone retirement by offering access to training courses that maintain job proficiency. We use unique, matched employeremployee surveys for the Dutch public sector, which include detailed information on a wide range of HR...