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 …

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 …

reduction. The elimination of other early retirement scheme in 2012 and slowly rising real wages made the program even more … popular: the lifetime benefit was maximized at the earliest retirement. Since 2016, real wages have been growing rather fast …; making delay attractive. Without being recognized, Female40 has become a boomerang: immediate retirement from 2014 causes …

advocated policy response is to increase retirement age. Ironically, however, the political support for this policy may actually …) from pension reforms referenda, we show in fact that individuals close to retirement tend to oppose policies that postpone … retirement, whereas young and elderly individuals are more favorable. The current process of population aging, and the associated …