retired. Upon retirement, backpack savings can be converted into an (actuarially fair) retirement pension. To complement the …%. In both economies, the annuity retirement option is an important component of the welfare gains. …

public pensions. This paper studies the determinants of two forms of accessing retirement in Spain, either partial or full … retirement. Our goal is to identify if social security legislation influences the choice between these two alternative paths … individual retirement decisions. Besides, partial retirement legislation modifies the selection of retirement routes and affects …

countries, the probability of working after normal retirement age is positively related to living with a spouse only, being … status and the age distribution among elderly people. We also demonstrate that working beyond the normal retirement age has a … that the normal retirement age is strictly enforced in urban China and seniors attempting to work face intensive …

We analyze the relationship between the age profile of retirement within an immigrant population and aggregate return … probability of return migration is maximized at retirement. This implies that different immigrant populations will have different … retirement profiles, not only because individual retirement behavior differs, but also because the propensity for return …

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 …

standard of living after retirement and thus to alleviate poverty in old age. In many developing and developed countries, the … minimum pension program is a key welfare program and a major influence on the retirement decisions of low-income workers and …-income workers to retire as soon as they become eligible for the program, which is often earlier than the normal retirement age. …

force participation is related to both a decline in the take-up of early retirement among 60-64-year-olds, an increase in … the average age of entry to a retirement program, and an increase in the propensity of working after entering a retirement … unemployment before retirement, age and education. …

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 paper investigates the mechanisms behind the health effects of retirement. Using a Regression Discontinuity Design … to exploit financial incentives in the German pension system for identification, I find that retirement improves … sleep duration as well as more frequent physical exercise seem to be key mechanisms through which retirement affects health. …