It is well-known that unemployment leaves scars after re-employment, but does this scarring effect persist even after … retirement? We analyse European data on retirees from the SHARE panel, and show that the well-being of the retired continues to … reflect the unemployment that they experienced over their working life. These scarring effects are somewhat smaller for older …

retirement years and find that, on average, employed people maintain their life satisfaction upon retirement, while long …

-monetary unemployment scarring for people who were unemployed for the first time in their life directly prior to retirement, but not for …Previous studies find that past unemployment reduces life satisfaction even after reemployment for non-monetary reasons … (unemployment scarring). It is not clear, however, whether this scarring is only caused by employment-related factors, such as …

-monetary unemployment scarring for people who were unemployed for the first time in their life directly prior to retirement, but not for …Previous studies find that past unemployment reduces life satisfaction even after reemployment for non-monetary reasons … (unemployment scarring). It is not clear, however, whether this scarring is only caused by employment-related factors, such as …

-monetary unemployment scarring for people who were unemployed for the first time in their life directly prior to retirement, but not for …Previous studies find that past unemployment reduces life satisfaction even after reemployment for non-monetary reasons … (unemployment scarring). It is not clear, however, whether this scarring is only caused by employment-related factors, such as …

retirement in the late 1950s and in the 1960s instead freed positions and created employment opportunities. Finally, we show that … the entry of the D-cohort is associated with increased births in the 1950s, while its retirement turned the fertility Boom …

retirement spells has been steadily increasing. We estimate the response of retirement timing to variations in unemployment rate …, inflation and housing prices. Flows into both full and partial retirement increase significantly when the unemployment rate … rises. Workers around normal retirement age are especially sensitive to variations in the unemployment rate. Workers who are …