would enable Japan to better utilise its human capital. Abolishing the right of firms to set mandatory retirement …

as a part of this study, the paper examines labor market consequences of this process, focusing on retirement pathways … old age: (i) previous employment is the most important predictor of the retirement pathway; (ii) older workers fall into … they are forced to do so by mandatory retirement regulations, and casual workers and the self-employed, who are forced to …

This paper uses data from the Health and Retirement Study to examine the employment and retirement behavior of men aged …