This paper analyses the determinants of the retirement decision in Germany using microdata from the German Socio … retirement. Non-parametric estimates suggest that the incentive structure generated by the different social security schemes play … a powerful role in the individual retirement decision. The semi-parametric analysis is conducted using a piece …

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the retirement decision in the United Kingdom. We distinguish four … retirement routes: retirement, unemployment, long-term sickness and other states. The focus of the paper is the impact of pension … benefits on retirement transitions. We estimate multinomial logits and Cox proportional hazard rate models, separately for men …

This paper exploits an Italian microeconomic data set to study retirement behaviour of women and men using survival … entitlement age. The timing of retirement is inelastic to replacement rates: a 20% reduction of the replacement rate would cause a …

features of the Dutch retirement income support system. The Dutch system consists of several alternative schemes that can be … rates. This report assesses empirically the impact of the incentives embedded in these schemes on the retirement behaviour … ageing research. The results indicate strong incentive effects from Early Retirement schemes on the probability to retire. We …