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 …

In this paper we study the role of social insurance, namely old-age pensions, disability insurance and healthcare, in … ; retirement ; disability insurance ; health …

determine the pension system functioning. The main factor affecting the sustainability and, therefore, the income adequacy of … pensioners in the long run is the relationship between the pension system and the labour market. The timing of retirement … crucial for policymakers, especially in countries refraining from a systematic increase in the retirement age or that are even …

retirement and continuing in work after reaching retirement age may significantly increase retirement income. Therefore, this is … to making a choice on whether people at the age of retirement should be left with an unequivocal choice: either work and … pensioners in work and thus create an opportunity for people who receive a retirement pension to work as long as possible? The …

Background: The pension deficit has been rapidly enlarging for more than a decade. If the retirement age is set at a … low level, it might trigger a pensions crisis. Since the average life span of the Chinese has extended from 71 to 76 years … old in last ten years, the feasibility of rising the retirement age has also been promoted. Methods: This paper aims to …

We investigate retirement decisions of the self-employed in the Netherlands using administrative data. We focus on the … retirement age, each Dutch resident receives the Old Age State Pension annuity (AOW), providing an income at the subsistence … time period around which individuals reach the statutory retirement age (SRA, 65 years in most cases). After the statutory …

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