, contribution or asset allocation resulting from reduced access to 401(k) balances, retirement balances from 401(k) plans, and IRA …

Recent reforms to social security in many countries have sought to delay retirement. Given the family context in which … retirement decisions are made, social security reforms have potentially important spill-over effects on the participation of … spouses. This paper analyses the impact of women's pension incentives on the retirement decision of their husband. The 1993 …

We are interested in defining the optimal retirement age by socio-economic class, given a Defined Benefit and a …. Therefore, we provide an alternative based on two accounts. We look for the retirement age allowing the accumulated value, at … lower retirement age for lower socio-economic classes and a higher retirement age for wealthier individuals. …

In this paper, we consider how the hours of work and retirement age ought to respond to a change in the uncertainty of … individuals' labor supply and retirement-decisions, the results show that a decrease in the standard deviation of life …-length leads to an increase in the optimal retirement age and a decrease in the hours of work per period spent working. This result …

could be achieved if people retire from the work force later in life. Partial retirement, the option to work part-time while … drawing a pension before reaching the normal retirement age, could create the necessary conditions for reaching this goal. The … impact of partial retirement on employment will be simulated below. The results show that unrestricted access to partial …

programs with retirement incentives are larger and that the old are more "single-minded" in their politics, implications which …

What is the optimal retirement age? This paper looks at the optimal retirement age from various perspectives. Most of … the current pension laws relating to retirement age were codified decades ago, and they have become badly out of date … retirement decisions. This paper provides some background about demography, health, and retirement; summarizes how current …

We compare older workers' plans for work and retirement with their subsequent work and retirement outcomes using panel … data from the Health and Retirement Study. Among those with retirement plans, about half indicate they would like to cut …