retirement years and find that, on average, employed people maintain their life satisfaction upon retirement, while long …

retirement years and find that, on average, employed people maintain their life satisfaction upon retirement, while long …

retirement years and find that, on average, employed people maintain their life satisfaction upon retirement, while long …

Germany's labor market responded only mildly to the Great Recession. Important factors for this development include the … particularly affected by the crisis. Although Germany's experience is in stark contrast to the United States, we identify and …

miracle. In response to the crisis, Germany has shown to be a strong case of internal flexibility. We argue that important … reforms, the nature of the crisis affecting mainly export-oriented companies in Germany, the extension of short-time work, the …

larger earnings fluctuations than employees and that they frequently transition into unemployment. Given the self …-employed are not eligible to unemployment insurance, I analyze the provision of benefits targeted at these risks using a calibrated …. This exercise suggests that extending the current US unemployment insurance scheme to the self-employed comes with a clear …

unemployment rates, are more likely to be self-employed and tend to earn lower wages. These disparities do not appear to be …

This paper collects and reviews information about routes to retirement and exits from the labor force by older workers … in Sweden. It gives a concise survey of rules of the major retirement schemes covering disability, sickness and … unemployment. Usinglongitudinal micro data from the period between 1992 and 1999, it also studies alternative measures of …

The paper studies the impact from variations in unemployment on retirement among older workers. We integrate … unemployment variations with early retirement programs and other pathways out of the labor force. The paper describes retirement … unemployment on the retirement decision. Unemployment is found highly significant and quantitatively important for the retirement …