. Research limitations/implications – As the motives for early retirement pensions most likely stem from how the collective …Purpose – This paper aims to look at model retirement behavior with a focus on early retirement where there is an … option for “buy‐outs”. An employer can offer employees generous pension programs if the employees agree on early retirement …

Governments are increasingly concerned about the capacity of pensions systems to meet demands in the coming years … well-informed about pensions. However, there are many reasons to believe that individuals may not be well-informed due to … the complexity of pensions systems and degrees of myopia. In this paper, we assess levels of knowledge of pensions using a …

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 …