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

supply and endogenous retirement. In this environment, the optimal labor tax is hump-shaped in age: insurance benefits of … taxation push for increasing-in-age taxes while rising labor supply elasticities and optimal late retirement of highly … combination of age-dependent linear taxes with increasing-in-age retirement benefits generates welfare gains close to optimal. …

retirement reform. The employment effect of the SRA reform is much larger for cohorts receiving less generous early retirement … benefits. Indeed, the level of employment before the SRA, together with the retirement hazard at the SRA, is key to …We study the effects of the recent increase in the statutory retirement age (SRA) in the Netherlands, using RDD and …

phased retirement, in which older workers reduce their work hours with their current employer to transition into retirement …, has been cited by retirement experts as one way to mitigate this loss. While about a quarter of workers aged 61 to 66 had … planned to reduce hours as they transitioned to retirement, our analysis showed that fewer than 15 percent subsequently …

In this paper we take advantage of differences in the legal status of mandatory retirement in Canada across … retirement illegal would have little effect on the size of the older workforce, and therefore such a policy alone would do little …

This paper looks at one of the major contributor to low overall employment rate in Hungary, the very low activity of … active working life. Retirement through either of these pensions was and in 2006 still is an accessible exit route from the … labour market that provides a minimal but secure income flow. For those reaching the minimum legal retirement age, retirement …

Retirement Around the World. The first phase described the retirement Incentives inherent in plan provisions and documented the … the labor force participation of younger persons in twelve countries. We found no evidence that increasing the employment … of older persons will reduce the employment opportunities of youth and no evidence that increasing the employment of …

women, (b) maintain the existing retirement age but require older workers to work longer per-period hours. There are reasons …-off between later retirement versus increased work intensity, produce relevant background facts, and provide estimates of the … policy trade-offs. -- Older workers ; statutory retirement age ; hours of work …

We compare older workers' plans for work and retirement with their subsequent work and retirement outcomes using panel … data from the Health and Retirement Study. Among those with retirement plans, about half indicate they would like to cut …