This paper provides empirical evidence on the effect of changing the retirement age on employment. Base on individual … data from Hungary, a country where a number of hikes increased the retirement age between 1997 and 2009, this analysis … the effect. Results suggest that the effect of the changes in early retirement age is substantial, amounting to 5 …

In this study, I investigate the effect of partial retirement at the firm level on older workers' labor participation … partial retirement arrangement. Overall, I find evidence that partial retirement has the potential to extend older workers …. Thereby, I contribute to the controversial debate about the effects of partial retirement. Using detailed administrative …

search behavior of households. The research finds that, even though a direct transition from a career job to full retirement …

would enable Japan to better utilise its human capital. Abolishing the right of firms to set mandatory retirement … foreign workers in Japan. Breaking down labour market dualism is crucial to expand employment opportunities for women and …

In Asia, aging countries with slow population growth worry about a lack of workers in the future and see older people …

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. … standard of living after retirement and thus to alleviate poverty in old age. In many developing and developed countries, the …

-employed vis-a-vis wage employed workers. We find the self-employed to work longer hours, to be more flexible in their hours … incentives matter for the retirement behavior of the self-employed. We also provide evidence of the self-employed not wanting to … retire as early as possible, and contrast these expectation data with realized retirement transitions. The overall picture …

work found in the literature is based on situations in which workers have essentially no control (no choice) over the …

the onset of the Great Recession, underemployment among older workers has been growing more rapidly than unemployment …Contrary to much of the established literature, this paper finds that though many older workers would prefer to reduce … of hours and the wage rate, this paper finds that older self-employed workers are more likely to wish to adjust their …