As many governments raise eligibility ages for retirement benefits, there are concerns that such reforms …

The U.S. retirement system, and the workers and retirees it was designed to help, face major challenges. Traditional … retirement savings accounts, such as 401(k) plans. Yet research shows that many households are ill-equipped for this task and … have little or no retirement savings. In this special report, GAO examines these challenges, drawing from prior work and …

system in the Netherlands to calculate net replacement rates at each age from 60 to 70 in full and partial retirement … analyze the implications of late full retirement and partial retirement for the occupational and state pension entitlements …. We pay particular attention to the retirement scenarios that are relevant for the current policy measures, aimed at …

This study looks at factors affecting the decision of early retirement for Egyptian government sector employees. The … men; men plan to work after their early retirement; the presence of the working wife has a positive effect on her husband … the announcement of the plans; the question of voluntary vs. compulsory early retirement plans; the potential outcome of …

Germany recent reforms that aim at raising retirement age and cutting benefit levels should be complemented by increases in …

In 2007 Germany has introduced a pension reform which increases the normal retirement age from currently age 65 to 67 … effective retirement age by about one year and redistribute towards future cohorts. However, it hardly reduces old-age poverty … since rich people are more flexible in adjusting retirement. Overall, the efficiency gains of the reform are very modest …

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 …

retired. Upon retirement, backpack savings can be converted into an (actuarially fair) retirement pension. To complement the …%. In both economies, the annuity retirement option is an important component of the welfare gains. …

We analyse the effects of changes in retirement incentives on retirement behaviour, and in particular whether … individuals' health status modifes the effects of retirement incentives. We study these issues in the context of the Finnish … pension reform of 2005, utilising detailed individual-level administrative data on health and retirement behaviour. Our …

(NPA). Although the impact of the NPA on retirement behaviors is well documented, little is known about the link between … the earnings test, alter the relationship between the NPA and retirement behaviors. Using both aggregate administrative … raising the NPA on the claiming and retirement behaviors are weaker or even opposite of what is intended. The impact of …