The aim of this article is to analyse the question of career interruptions and to evaluate their impact on pension retirement for French private sector workers. Using the last French survey on households’ wealth (2003–2004), we first study the career set-backs for individuals born between...

This article examines the impact of specific taxation decreases for retirees on the exposure to poverty, the risk of inequality and the relative standard of living of retirees and active people. Taking into account the equity criteria of Rawls and Sen, we analyze the effect of each...

In this paper, we apply a multidimensional decomposition of the Gini index to the active and retired populations in France. The multi-decomposition of an inequality measure allows us to put into perspective the role of social spending and taxation in reducing inequalities simultaneously among...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which the distance to retirement affects low employment rates among European older workers, taking into account a key but often neglected determinant: health status. Design/methodology/approach To begin, the study amends...