This paper provides empirical evidence on the effect of changing the retirement age on employment. Base on individual … data from Hungary, a country where a number of hikes increased the retirement age between 1997 and 2009, this analysis … the effect. Results suggest that the effect of the changes in early retirement age is substantial, amounting to 5 …

In this study, I investigate the effect of partial retirement at the firm level on older workers' labor participation …. Thereby, I contribute to the controversial debate about the effects of partial retirement. Using detailed administrative … employer-employee data from Germany, I exploit the introduction of partial retirement options in Germany related to the law on …

surprisingly modest when translated into the implied effect on average retirement ages: an increase in statutory pension ages by … one year is typically estimated to increase the average effective retirement age by only about two months. …

search behavior of households. The research finds that, even though a direct transition from a career job to full retirement …

educational attainment. About 1 percentage point is attributable to changes in statutory retirement ages, although part of the … reason these effects are not larger is that in most countries, statutory retirement ages have not kept pace with life … retirement pathways through unemployment or disability schemes has been a major factor in the turnaround in the participation …

would enable Japan to better utilise its human capital. Abolishing the right of firms to set mandatory retirement …