, Germany, Denmark, Poland, the Netherlands and Sweden in 2009, we show that employers mainly prefer to tackle such threats by … offering short-time work, and by early retirement packages to older workers, in conjunction with buy-outs. The latter … preference is particularly visible in countries where employers perceive the level of employment protection to be high. The only …

Retirement Around the World. The first phase described the retirement incentives inherent in plan provisions and documented the … the labor force participation of younger persons in twelve countries. We found no evidence that increasing the employment … of older persons will reduce the employment opportunities of youth and no evidence that increasing the employment of …

As much like other industrialized countries, in recent decades the employment rate in Germany for those aged 55 to 69 …". We find that for both men and women the increase in the employment rate coincides with a reduction in the early … retirement incentive. The reduction of incentives mainly stems from the introduction of actuarial deductions for early retirement …

Retirement Around the World. The first phase described the retirement incentives inherent in plan provisions and documented the … the labor force participation of younger persons in twelve countries. We found no evidence that increasing the employment … of older persons will reduce the employment opportunities of youth and no evidence that increasing the employment of …