Several studies have documented a strong correlation in the timing of spouses’ retirement decisions. However …, considerably less is known about the causal impact of one spouse's retirement incentives on the retirement decision of the other … husband's retirement behavior. I document a sharp decrease in pension benefit withdrawals among 63 year old wives in the local …

Several studies have documented a strong correlation in the timing of spouses' retirement decisions. However …, considerably less is known about the causal impact of one spouse's retirement incentives on the retirement decision of the other … husband's retirement behavior. I document a sharp decrease in pension benefit withdrawals among 63 year old wives in the local …

We study how social security influences the retirement behavior of couples. First, we exploit over two decades of full …-population data and a discontinuity design to document sizable retirement spillovers to spouses when individuals reach pension … joint retirement, which is driven by older spouses working longer. Accounting for these age differences reveals a strong …

Recent reforms to social security in many countries have sought to delay retirement. Given the family context in which … retirement decisions are made, social security reforms have potentially important spill-over effects on the participation of … spouses. This paper analyses the impact of women's pension incentives on the retirement decision of their husband. The 1993 …

1993 and 1994. The husband is eligible for early retirement while the wife is not. The models aim at explaining labor … supply behavior of married couples the first twelve months after the husband became eligible for early retirement. Estimates …