that they will make a transition into volunteering after retirement. Following social production function theory, we assume … former occupational prestige value, the higher the perceived loss of prestige after retirement. Thus, doing a job with high … prestige value increases the incentive to volunteer in retirement. This assumption is tested, using data taken from the German …

Against the background of the increasing legal retirement age, broader opportunities for a smooth transition to … retirement are often demanded for elderly workers who are disinclined or unable to continue working full-time. This study … compares different options for a transition to retirement. It becomes evident that from an insurant's point of view, the far …

In 2007 Germany has introduced a pension reform which increases the normal retirement age from currently age 65 to 67 … rates and increase future old-age poverty rates in Germany considerably. Second, the considered reform will increase … effective retirement age by about one year and redistribute towards future cohorts. However, it hardly reduces old-age poverty …

Early retirement options are usually targeted at employees at risk of not reaching their regular retirement age in … particularly negatively affected by the abolition of early retirement options. To measure differences in labor market reactions of … increased the early retirement age for women from 60 to 63 years. Based on a large administrative dataset, we use a regression …

Early retirement options are usually targeted at employees at risk of not reaching their regular retirement age in … particularly negatively affected by the abolition of early retirement options. To measure differences in labor market reactions of … increased the early retirement age for women from 60 to 63 years. Based on a large administrative dataset, we use a regression …