Einleitung; Der Trend zu niedriger Erwerbstätigkeit Älterer in Deutschland: die Fakten; Ausgewählte Länder im Vergleich; Die Indikatorproblematik; Volkswirtschaftliche Kosten der deutschen Alterserwerbstätigenlücke; Die Ursachen geringer Erwerbstätigkeit Älterer in Deutschland;...

We investigate how the shift in private pension coverage from defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) retirement plans since the 1980s has contributed to the substantial rise in labor force participation of older Americans. We develop a life cycle model of retirement that captures...

In this paper we study labour force participation behaviour of individuals aged 50-64 in 11 European countries. The data are drawn from the new Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The empirical analysis shows that health is multi-dimensional, in the sense that different...

The aim of this paper is to illustrate for Germany the factors that may explain the U-shaped pattern of older men's labor force participation - from a long declining trend that began in the early 1970s to an increasing trend starting from the late 1990s - and at the same time the steady increase...