In this paper we study the retirement patterns of couples in a multi-country setting using data from the Survey of … Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe. In particular we test whether women's (men's) transitions out of the labor force are …-specific early and full statutory retirement ages to instrument the latter. Exploiting the discontinuities in retirement behavior …

In this paper we study the retirement patterns of couples in a multi-country setting using data from the Survey of … Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe. In particular we test whether women's (men's) transitions out of the labor force are …-specific early and full statutory retirement ages to instrument the latter. Exploiting the discontinuities in retirement behavior …

This paper studies retirement and child support policies in a small, open, overlapping-generations economy with PAYG … social security and endogenous retirement and fertility decisions. It demonstrates that neither fertility nor retirement … the retirement age. Finally, the model is simulated in order to study whether the policies devoted to realizing the social …

This paper studies retirement and child support policies in a small, open, overlapping-generations economy with PAYG … social security and endogenous retirement and fertility decisions. It demonstrates that neither fertility nor retirement … the retirement age. Finally, the model is simulated in order to study whether the policies devoted to realizing the social …

This paper investigates the retirement patterns of married couples in Belgium. To forecast retirement behavior, we use …'s structural design affect both partners' retirement decisions. We simulate the effect of the elimination of the spousal bonus and … find that a small portion of women delay their retirement whereas the rest substitute into alternative social security …

While the effect of social security systems on retirement decisions has received much attention, the impact of these … investment and retirement decisions in a simple analytical life-cycle model with full certainty and investigate how different … contributions and benefits increase human capital investment and postpone retirement. …

wealth. This pattern is consistent across multiple retirement age thresholds and cohorts, including both individuals who have …

reforms for a fixed retirement age distribution. The behavioral effect accounts for the endogenous change caused by changes in …