This paper studies determinants of retirement transitions of Europeans and focuses on the impact of social security systems on retirement behaviour. The analysis uses the first 8 waves (1994-2001) of the European Community Household Panel (ECHP). Based on those survey data, option values are...

This study examines demographic aspects of ageing in ten European countries (Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom) and time use in seven countries (Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom). In the...

Empirical evidence from several countries has shown that full income including the value of household production is more equally distributed than income earned from market work and unearned income. Trends in income distributions during 1988-2000 indicate an increase in economic inequality in...

The aim of this paper is to analyse active ageing and retirement in Finland at both the individual worker level and the firm level. The Finnish pension system will undergo some remarkable changes from the year 2005 on: the whole of an individual’s working life will determine his or her pension...

This paper contains an empirical analysis of gross job flows in the context of the great depression of the early 1990s in Finland. The job flows are characterised in terms of employee age and education. The outflow of workers from employment occurs mainly through unemployment, unemployment...

This study contains an empirical analysis of gross job and worker flows in the context of the great depression of the early 1990s. The novelty of the empirical implemention is to characterize gross job and worker flows in terms of education and experience of employees. This is an important...