1993 and 1994. The husband is eligible for early retirement while the wife is not. The models aim at explaining labor … supply behavior of married couples the first twelve months after the husband became eligible for early retirement. Estimates …

In 1988, an early retirement program (AFP) was introduced in Norway for the 66-year-olds. Since then, AFP has gradually …

This paper studies retirement and child support policies in a small, open, overlapping-generations economy with PAYG … social security and endogenous retirement and fertility decisions. It demonstrates that neither fertility nor retirement … the retirement age. Finally, the model is simulated in order to study whether the policies devoted to realizing the social …

We study how social security influences the retirement behavior of couples. First, we exploit over two decades of full …-population data and a discontinuity design to document sizable retirement spillovers to spouses when individuals reach pension … joint retirement, which is driven by older spouses working longer. Accounting for these age differences reveals a strong …

What is the optimal retirement age? This paper looks at the optimal retirement age from various perspectives. Most of … the current pension laws relating to retirement age were codified decades ago, and they have become badly out of date … retirement decisions. This paper provides some background about demography, health, and retirement; summarizes how current …

In this paper we study the retirement patterns of couples in a multi-country setting using data from the Survey of … Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe. In particular we test whether women’s (men’s) transitions out of the labor force are …-specific early and full statutory retirement ages to instrument the latter. Exploiting the discontinuities in retirement behavior …

This paper investigates the retirement patterns of married couples in Belgium. To forecast retirement behavior, we use …'s structural design affect both partners' retirement decisions. We simulate the effect of the elimination of the spousal bonus and … find that a small portion of women delay their retirement whereas the rest substitute into alternative social security …

In order to estimate labour supply responses among older people we have employed a very simple model of retirement …-68 in 1996. The empirical model is employed to assess the impact on retirement of moving the Norwegian pension system … towards actuarial fairness. Future annual pension benefits are increased if retirement is postponed say, for one year. In one …

negatively to large post-retirement shortfalls in consumption of the parents. This behavior holds up even after allowing for the …