Flexible work arrangements and retirement options provide one solution for the challenges of unemployment and … relationships between well-being and job satisfaction on the one hand and employment status and retirement, on the other, using …. There is no well-being premium for involuntary late-life work and self-employment compared to retirement, however. Our …

economic theory of individual utility. -- life satisfaction ; retirement ; unemployment ; identity ; social norm … retirement years and find that, on average, employed people maintain their life satisfaction upon retirement, while long …

This paper investigates the consequences of pension reform for life-cycle unemployment and retirement. We find that (i … lead to more unemployment among older ones, encourages postponed retirement and most likely yields positive welfare gains …. -- pensions ; tax benefit link ; retirement , unemployment …