The labor market effects of pension reform stem from retirement behavior and from job search and hours worked of prime …

normal retirement age in Germany did not prolong employment of older men. The reason for this surprising result is that … retirement option for the long-term insured. Bridge options allowed employers to terminate employment considerably earlier than …This paper shows that increasing the normal retirement age and introducing pension deductions for retirement before …

The labor market effects of pension reform stem from retirement behavior and from job search and hours worked of prime …

We present quasi-experimental evidence on the employment effects of an unprecedented large increase in the early … retirement age (ERA). Raising the ERA has the potential to extend contribution periods and to reduce the number of pension … beneficiaries at the same time, if employment exits are successfully delayed. However, workers may not be able to work longer or may …