In this paper we study the retirement patterns of couples in a multi-country setting using data from the Survey of … Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe. In particular we test whether women's (men's) transitions out of the labor force are …-specific early and full statutory retirement ages to instrument the latter. Exploiting the discontinuities in retirement behavior …

In this paper we study the retirement patterns of couples in a multi-country setting using data from the Survey of … Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe. In particular we test whether women's (men's) transitions out of the labor force are …-specific early and full statutory retirement ages to instrument the latter. Exploiting the discontinuities in retirement behavior …

incentives matter for the retirement behavior of the self-employed. We also provide evidence of the self-employed not wanting to … retire as early as possible, and contrast these expectation data with realized retirement transitions. The overall picture …

We use the labor force ad hoc module "transition from work into retirement" to analyze the link between individual as … well as pension system characteristics and planned retirement age within the European Union. We find that timing of … retirement is correlated between partners who are, already at the stage of retirement planning. In richer countries of the EU15 …

In this paper we study the retirement patterns of couples in a multi-country setting using data from the Survey of … Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe. In particular we test whether women's (men's) transitions out of the labor force are …-specific early and full statutory retirement ages to instrument the latter. Exploiting the discontinuities in retirement behavior …

In this paper we study the retirement patterns of couples in a multi-country setting using data from the Survey of … Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe. In particular, we test whether women's (men's) transitions out of the labor force are …-specific early and full statutory retirement ages to instrument the latter. Exploiting the discontinuities in retirement behavior …

pensioners in the long run is the relationship between the pension system and the labour market. The timing of retirement … crucial for policymakers, especially in countries refraining from a systematic increase in the retirement age or that are even …