This paper considers the political economy of employment protection and retirement age and analyzes interaction between … electorate. These voters choose the degree of employment protection and the legal retirement age which define an optimal labor … mandatory retirement age …

changes in employment and long-term unemployment, early retirement as well as relative wages by age for Germany in the period …

, the probability of working after normal retirement age is positively related to living with a spouse only, being healthy … elderly people. We also show that working beyond the normal retirement age has a much stronger negative association with … earnings in urban China than in urban Russia. This is consistent with the facts that the normal retirement age is strictly …

countries, the probability of working after normal retirement age is positively related to living with a spouse only, being … status and the age distribution among elderly people. We also demonstrate that working beyond the normal retirement age has a … that the normal retirement age is strictly enforced in urban China and seniors attempting to work face intensive …

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 … unemployment before retirement, age and education. …