This paper considers the long-term effects of smoking on disability retirement. Exploiting population-wide registry …, thus shedding some light on the biological mechanisms linking smoking to disability retirement. We demonstrate a strong … association between smoking and disability retirement. Among individuals aged 50-64, smokers have a six percentage point higher …

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 …

Recent reforms to social security in many countries have sought to delay retirement. Given the family context in which … retirement decisions are made, social security reforms have potentially important spill-over effects on the participation of … spouses. This paper analyses the impact of women's pension incentives on the retirement decision of their husband. The 1993 …

assess the effect of the reform on the savings and retirement expectations and realizations of two virtually identical male …. We show that retirement expectations are in line with realizations and that the reform had the intended effect on the …

's retirement decision. Using administrative pension insurance records from Germany, I examine the impact of a pension subsidy …