standard of living after retirement and thus to alleviate poverty in old age. In many developing and developed countries, the … minimum pension program is a key welfare program and a major influence on the retirement decisions of low-income workers and … workers with erratic work histories. The design of many minimum pension programs tends to create strong incentives for low …

spouses. This paper analyses the impact of women's pension incentives on the retirement decision of their husband. The 1993 …Recent reforms to social security in many countries have sought to delay retirement. Given the family context in which … retirement decisions are made, social security reforms have potentially important spill-over effects on the participation of …

This research analyses retirement behaviour in Austria based on a combined administrative dataset. Data from the … comprehensive microsimulation model of the Austrian pension system is developed and applied to calculate retirement benefit …. Simulation of several reform scenarios shows that a stronger emphasis on financial incentives in the pension system (the …

a long contribution history to retire without deductions before reaching the regular retirement age. Following the 2014 … responses to becoming eligible for the early retirement scheme. Our results indicate that the probability of retiring … retiring at the same age with deductions. Second, we employ a coarsened exact matching procedure to compare retirement entry …

a long contribution history to retire without deductions before reaching the regular retirement age. Following the 2014 … responses to becoming eligible for the early retirement scheme. Our results indicate that the probability of retiring … retiring at the same age with deductions. Second, we employ a coarsened exact matching procedure to compare retirement entry …

This paper investigates the retirement patterns of married couples in Belgium. To forecast retirement behavior, we use … the spousal bonus of pension payments to comprehend how financial incentives resulting from the social security system …'s structural design affect both partners' retirement decisions. We simulate the effect of the elimination of the spousal bonus and …