I estimate the effect of additional pension benefits on women's retirement decisions by examining a German pension …, creating a sharply different slope of benefits for similar women on either side of the kink point. I find that a 100 euro …

This paper provides a clear and transparent setting to study the effect of additional pension benefits on women …'s retirement decision. Using administrative pension insurance records from Germany, I examine the impact of a pension subsidy … contribution, which led to sharply different slopes of benefits for similar women to the left and to the right of the kink point …