Die demographischen Trends und die Entwicklungen in der Gestaltung von Pensionssystemen resultieren in einem längeren Verbleib im Erwerbsleben und somit einem Ansteigen der Erwerbstätigkeit Älterer. Die Arbeitsbedingungen müssen nun so gestaltet werden, dass Ältere auch tatsächlich länger...

After nearly a full century of decline, the Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) of older men in the United States leveled off in the 1980s, and began to increase in the late 1990s. We use a time series of cross sections from 1962 to 2005 to model the LFPR of men aged 55-69, with the aim of...

This paper presents a theoretical foundation and empirical evidence in favor of the view that the tax on continued activity not only decreases the participation rate by inducing early retirement, but also badly affects the employment rate of older workers just before early retirement age....