proposed model is that it will generate equal durations with positive probability. The motivating example is retirement … retirement time depends on the retirement time of the spouse. Moreover, the data suggest that the wife and the husband retire at … in retirement to depend on the retirement status of the spouse. The econometric model is then completed by assuming that …

This paper investigates whether exchanging the Social Security delayed retirement credit, currently paid as an increase … voluntarily claim about half a year later if the lump sum were paid for claiming any time after the Early Retirement Age, and … about two-thirds of a year later if the lump sum were paid only for those claiming after their Full Retirement Age. Overall …

of older people for a rich set of retirement trajectories charactersized by early or delayed full retirement as well as … partial retirement at various ages in the Netherlands and the United States. Two in five prefer partial retirement over early … or delayed abrupt full retirement. This suggests that partial retirement can substantially increase the utility derived …