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 …. Thereby, I contribute to the controversial debate about the effects of partial retirement. Using detailed administrative … employer-employee data from Germany, I exploit the introduction of partial retirement options in Germany related to the law on …

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 …

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 …-income workers to retire as soon as they become eligible for the program, which is often earlier than the normal retirement age. …

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 …

a significant predictor of retirement among employees while underemployed employees are less likely to retire. …