Negative correlation between retirement age and contribution length?

authors: Erik Granseth (analyst, Swedish Pensions Agency), Wolfgang Keck (sociologist, Wissenschaftzentrum Berlin für Socialforschung), Wolfgang Nagl (researcher, Institute for Advanced Studies), András Simonovits (research advisor, Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, also Mathematical Institute of Budapest University of Technology, Budapest), Melinda Tir (research assistants at the Databank of the Research Centre for Economic and Regional Studies - Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

Though never stated explicitly, there is a hidden hypothesis that in a normal pension system, the retirement age and the contribution length are strongly and positively correlated. We compare the time paths of male and female correlation coefficients in Austria, Hungary, Germany and Sweden for several years and categories; and obtain a mixed picture. Hungary stands out with its strong negative correlation but the remaining three countries cannot boast with strongly positive correlation, either. Further work is needed to understand the significance of our findings but they signal some problems with these systems: heterogeneously fragmented careers and unfair benefit rules.

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Alternative title:	Negatív korreláció a nyugdíjba vonulási kor és a szolgálati idő között?
Year of publication:	November 2016
Authors:	Granseth, Erik ; Keck, Wolfgang ; Nagl, Wolfgang ; Simonovits, András ; Tir, Melinda
Publisher:	Budapest : Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Subject:	public pension system \| length of employment \| fragmented careers \| retirement age \| Gesetzliche Rentenversicherung \| Public pension system \| Altersgrenze \| Retirement \| Sozialversicherungsbeitrag \| Social security contribution \| Dauer \| Duration \| Geschlecht \| Gender \| Korrelation \| Correlation \| Vergleich \| Comparison \| Ungarn \| Hungary \| Schweden \| Sweden \| Österreich \| Austria \| Deutschland \| Germany \| 2000-2015