data and a large retirement reform, I document that parents' retirement significantly affects the labor supply of their … adult children. This inter-generational link is driven solely by mothers. Concretely, mothers' retirement permanently … earlier, suggesting an important role of informal childcare as a driving mechanism. Survey data confirm that retirement …

We propose a unified framework to measure the effects of different reforms of the pension system on retirement ages and … retirement decisions are explicitly modeled within a public pension system. Heterogeneity with respect to consumption preferences … behavior of households, we observe that feedback effects do occur. Results suggest that individual retirement decisions are …

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. …

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 …

; retirement ; disability insurance ; health …