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

We use the labor force ad hoc module "transition from work into retirement" to analyze the link between individual as … well as pension system characteristics and planned retirement age within the European Union. We find that timing of … retirement is correlated between partners who are, already at the stage of retirement planning. In richer countries of the EU15 …

We study the transitions from career to gradual and permanent retirement by a sample of (Continental) European males … the cross country and time variation in employment protection legislation and minimum retirement age to study whether … policies that have increased minimum retirement age and reduced the strictness of employment protection legislation have raised …

Flexible work arrangements and retirement options provide one solution for the challenges of unemployment and … relationships between well-being and job satisfaction on the one hand and employment status and retirement, on the other, using …. There is no well-being premium for involuntary late-life work and self-employment compared to retirement, however. Our …

This study quantifies gender-specific differences in retirement income in Germany, Denmark, and France. We show that … gender-specific differences in health, i.e. the so-called "gender health gap", in the same age group. Self-assessed general … health in 2013 reveals no significant differences between men and women in the countries studied. However, gender …