It is a challenge for politics that an aging population leads to demands that the retirement age is increasing while … the labour market. However, the regulations have become more restrictive in the last decade and early retirement usually … leads to a lower pension. In this article, we map options for early retirement in other countries. We have found five main …

The few studies that have attempted to identify the causal effects of retirement on mental health and well-being have … provided conflicting evidence. Hence, whether retirement affects mental health positively or negatively is still unclear. Our … primary objective is to investigate the impact of retirement on mental health as measured by the 20-item Center for …

We analyze the causal effect of retirement on mental health, exploiting differences in retirement eligibility ages … across countries and over time using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. We estimate not only … mental health distribution. We find unequally distributed protective effects of retirement on mental health. These gains are …

This paper analyses the short- and long-term effects of retirement on mental health in ten European countries. It …-fixed effects to deal with endogeneity in retirement behaviour. The results display no short-term effects of retirement on mental … design. Overall, the paper's findings suggest that reforms inducing people to postpone retirement are not only important for …

The few studies that have attempted to identify the causal effects of retirement on mental health and well-being have … provided conflicting evidence. Hence, whether retirement affects mental health positively or negatively is still unclear. Our … primary objective is to investigate the impact of retirement on mental health as measured by the 20-item Center for …

This paper analyses the short- and long-term effects of retirement on mental health in ten European countries. It …-fixed effects to deal with endogeneity in retirement behaviour. The results display no short-term effects of retirement on mental … design. Overall, the paper's findings suggest that reforms inducing people to postpone retirement are not only important for …

We analyze the causal effect of retirement on mental health, exploiting differences in retirement eligibility ages … across countries and over time using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. We estimate not only … mental health distribution. We find unequally distributed protective effects of retirement on mental health. These gains are …

retirement expectations of workers nearing retirement age. The reform means that public sector workers born on January 1, 1950 or …

retirement plans of middle-aged workers (aged 45-55). Our results indicate that approximately two-thirds of men and more than … half of women appear to be making standard retirement plans. At the same time, more than one in five individuals seem to … have delayed their retirement planning and approximately one in ten either do not know when they expect to retire or expect …

In this paper, we explore the links between pension reform, early retirement, and the use of unemployment as an … alternative pathway to retirement. We use a dynamic rational expectations model to analyze the search and retirement behaviour of … employed and unemployed workers aged 50 or over. The model is calibrated to reproduce the main reemployment and retirement …