Introduction / Courtney Coile, Kevin Milligan, and David A. Wise -- Work capacity and longer working lives in Belgium / Alain Jousten and Mathieu Lefebvre -- Health capacity to work at older ages: evidence from Canada / Kevin Milligan and Tammy Schirle -- Health capacity to work at older ages in...

This volume presents the third phase of the project. An analysis and country-by-country comparison of the effects of social security incentives on retirement behavior in Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and the United States.

This volume presents innovative research on issues of importance to the well-being of older persons: labor market behavior, health care, housing and living arrangements, and saving and wealth. Specific topics include the effect of labor market rigidities on the employment of older workers; the...