The objective of the paper is to examine the retirement behaviour of Belgian workers in one-earner households who are … study the link between retirement and financial retirement incentives created by the social security system. We find that … the household replacement rate generates slightly higher retirement incentives through an income effect and we find that …

In recent years, the prospect of increasing individual interest in annuitizing retirement savings has been enhanced … through an insurance product designed to provide monthly benefits only after a significant deferral period in retirement. In … modify the market for longevity annuities, it is useful to model the degree to which QLACs can improve retirement security …

their assets inside and outside tax-qualified retirement plans, their mortality assumptions, and their accrued Social … how these interact is of key importance in order to generate efficient retirement portfolios. Additionally, there is …

Retirement policies are individually designed but the majority of people of retirement age live as couples. We estimate …'s unobserved heterogeneity. We conclude that the reform immediately reduced both spouses' retirement probability. The wife …'s retirement probability also drops by 1 to 4 percentage points if the husband is hit by the reform, and vice-versa. Instrumenting …

This paper looks at one slice of the income pie of the older population: retirement annuities and employment … early retirement options available to individuals beginning at age 50. Recent data from the March 2009 Current Population … demographic variables have a significant impact on the likelihood of a worker receiving a retirement annuity and/or employment …

This paper looks at one slice of the income pie of the older population: retirement annuities and employment …-based pensions. It analyzes the population age 50 and over in order to take into account the prevalence of early retirement options … significant impact on the likelihood of a worker receiving a retirement annuity and/or employment-based pension income in …