ability of older workers to work past the Social Security Early Retirement Age of 62. This issue arises because a possible … reform of Social Security could raise the early retirement age. This change might be made in conjunction with raising the … Normal Retirement Age in order to offset the reduction in annual benefits that workers would receive when retiring at the …

This study analyzes the causal effect of an increase in the retirement age on health. We exploit a sizable cohort … conclusions. We provide evidence that the increase in the retirement age negatively affects health outcomes as the prevalence of …

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 …

's retirement decision. Using administrative pension insurance records from Germany, I examine the impact of a pension subsidy … anti-poverty programs such as extending unemployment benefits and progressive taxation. I find that the phasing out of this …