The retirement decisions of spouses may be interdependent for various reasons: similarity of tastes, joint assets … studies exist on this topic. From a policy point of view interdependent retirement could become important if legislators in … different EC countries are forced to synchronize minimum retirement ages, which are lower now for females than males in a number …

When entering retirement most people face the decision whether they would like their defined contribution account …

Private pension provision faces the challenging task of providing stable income streams during retirement. The … illiquid capital, complementing public retirement provision, reducing the interest-rate sensitivity of pensions and smoothing …

Major events in the life of an elderly individual, such as retirement, a significant decrease in income, death of the …

on the key distinction between those in forced early retirement and those who retire early by individual choice. We start … by estimating a retirement probit model for older workers in Belgium. Based on these estimates, we then perform micro … respect to the time of retirement. We explore two scenarios, one where the entire population is subjected to the actuarial …

spouse is not employed. Observed covariates, including wages and retirement benefits, help to explain these patterns, but …