cost savings has been to increase the age of eligibility for retirement benefits. In Canada, the March 2012 federal budget … retirement age reforms in Europe have erupted in large-scale protests and civil disorder. Concern exists that those exiting the … labour market before statutory retirement ages may suffer hardship before they can access public pensions. A CLSRN study …

shown to be much more important. Overall, the results confirm the importance of retirement income policy for the structure …

) How great is the average drop in the level of total income after retirement? (2) What is the composition of income in … retirement, and how does it change? and (3) What impact do mid-career income, employment, and locational characteristics have on … income levels and composition in retirement? The analysis tracks income, in total and by source, on a year-by-year basis (i …

€™s retirement income system in insuring against these risks. We focus on four types of risk: (i) the risk of low income at the onset … of retirement, (ii) longevity risk, (iii) business cycle risk, and (iv) decision-making risk. The research conducted by … CLSRN researchers and others leads us to conclude that, overall, Canada’s retirement income system successfully mitigates …

years. Meanwhile, life expectancies are continuing to rise, which implies that pensions and retirement income need to last … longer. Retirement income programs are also facing the retirement of 8 million baby boomers leaving the labour force over the … pressures on retirement income schemes, with implications for the economic well-being of oncoming retirees. The Guaranteed …

senior couples to determine the extent to which changes in the labour market activity and retirement experiences of women and …

Although contractual mandatory retirement at a specified age has been eliminated, or limited, in many Western nations … to contractual mandatory retirement, often while still relatively young; that is, in the 50s. Korean retirement policies … are deeply rooted in the belief by policy makers, employers and unions that mandatory retirement creates jobs for young …