This paper studies the impact of raising the eligibility age of early retirement on the re-integration into the labor … market of elderly unemployed workers. I exploit two Austrian pension reforms increasing the early retirement age step … retirement age are systematically assigned to programs increasing their job application and job search skills, while workers more …

paid by the employer until the full retirement age. Exploiting a rich set of administrative data, we study the effect of … this reform on workers' employment and various social security benefits (i.e. unemployment, disability, early retirement …