This paper provides a clear and transparent setting to study the effect of additional pension benefits on women …'s retirement decision. Using administrative pension insurance records from Germany, I examine the impact of a pension subsidy … contribution, which led to sharply different slopes of benefits for similar women to the left and to the right of the kink point …

This article reviews the economic literature on the work and retirement decisions of older women. Economic studies … the family plays only a limited role in the work and retirement decisions of women. The retirement status of the husband … generally find that married women respond to the financial reward for work (for example, wages) in making their work and …

would enable Japan to better utilise its human capital. Abolishing the right of firms to set mandatory retirement … discourage the employment of women, namely the lack of work-life balance and shortages of high quality and affordable childcare … and long-term care for the elderly. Fighting discrimination and gender stereotypes is also important to allow women to …

I estimate the effect of additional pension benefits on women's retirement decisions by examining a German pension …, creating a sharply different slope of benefits for similar women on either side of the kink point. I find that a 100 euro …

. In Denmark, this increase has - until now - been most pronounced among 60-64-year-olds and among women. Increasing labor … force participation is related to both a decline in the take-up of early retirement among 60-64-year-olds, an increase in … the average age of entry to a retirement program, and an increase in the propensity of working after entering a retirement …