Two pension reforms in Austria increased the early retirement age from 60 to 62 for men and from 55 to 58.25 for women …. The reforms reduced early retirement by 18.9 percentage points among affected men aged 60-62 and by 22.3 percentage points ….1 percentage points among women. The reforms had large spillover effects to the unemployment insurance program but negligible …

retirement as an absorbing state, that we calibrate to match the observed patterns. Our finding is that the dynamics of relative … into retirement. In contrast, differences in layoff rates and job offer arrival rates cannot explain these patterns. Our … results support the idea that retirement incentives, more than weak labor demand, are responsible for the low employment rates …

retirement as an absorbing state, that we calibrate to match the observed patterns. Our finding is that the dynamics of relative … into retirement. In contrast, differences in layoff rates and job offer arrival rates cannot explain these patterns. Our … results support the idea that retirement incentives, more than weak labor demand, are responsible for the low employment rates …