We consider the nexus of intra-household transfers, the sex composition of the sibship, and parental retirement … increasing their labor supply. Consistent with this, we show that parents with more adult sons delay their retirement. In … particular, an elderly parent with all sons has a retirement probability that is 7-10 percentage points lower than a comparable …

data from Germany on couples, we control for fixed household specific effects to address the concern that retirement … home production done by the partner. The fall in household income at retirement of one of the partners is largely …We analyse the effects of retirement of one partner on home production by both partners in a couple. Using longitudinal …

This paper develops and estimates a dynamic model of individuals' and couples' labor supply, savings, and retirement … impacts. The analysis finds that household structure is an important determinant of the behavioral and distributional impacts … increasing women's retirement age to be equal to men's …

"peer effect". The unitary model of household decision making can thus be rejected with respect to retirement savings. …-mandatory retirement savings. Therefore we analyze the intra-household allocation of retirement savings between partners in Germany taking … correct for some parts of household savings, we question the correctness of the unitary model with respect to non …