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 …

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 …

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 …

normal retirement age (NRA) from 60 years to 65 years for private-sector male employees. The analysis, based on a difference … employment rate since workers also apply for more disability and unemployment benefits. Moreover, most of them simply retire … delay in pension claims, increase in employment, and inactivity. All in all, this paper shows that raising the NRA could …

this reform on workers' employment and various social security benefits (i.e. unemployment, disability, early retirement … paid by the employer until the full retirement age. Exploiting a rich set of administrative data, we study the effect of … that, for men, the reform had a positive effect on employment, with a small positive effect on a program called Time …

risk of leaving the state unemployment into employment or into early retirement due to exceptional rules. We find a …This study examines an increase in the early retirement age from 60 to 63 for the group of older unemployed men in … Germany. As consequence of this policy reform, the time to retirement is increased from the perspective of recently unemployed …

risk of leaving the state unemployment into employment or into early retirement due to exceptional rules. We find a …This study examines an increase in the early retirement age from 60 to 63 for the group of older unemployed men in … Germany. As consequence of this policy reform, the time to retirement is increased from the perspective of recently unemployed …

This paper studies the impact of raising the eligibility age of early retirement on the re-integration into the labor … market of elderly unemployed workers. I exploit two Austrian pension reforms increasing the early retirement age step … with shorter unemployment duration, modest higher re-employment probability as well as labor income after unemployment …

relationships between well-being and job satisfaction on the one hand and employment status and retirement, on the other, using …. There is no well-being premium for involuntary late-life work and self-employment compared to retirement, however. Our …Flexible work arrangements and retirement options provide one solution for the challenges of unemployment and …

in the loss of eligibility for early retirement benefits between ages 62-67 years in Norway. We find that re-employment …This paper studies the economic effects on re-employment and program substitution behavior among elderly displaced … workers who exogenously lose eligibility for their early retirement option. We use detailed Norwegian matched employer …