We address the question of whether the heterogeneity in savings is partly due to differences in pension wealth across … heterogeneity in the mean savings offset depending on age, risk attitudes and country. Third, the offset follows different patterns …

, endogenous human capital formation and increasing the retirement age. Our quantitative finding is that openness has a relatively … mild effect. In contrast, endogenous human capital formation in combination with an increase in the retirement age has …

distortionary corporate tax, iii) an increase in the retirement age. The analysis focuses on the effects of these fiscal policies on …

determinants of retirement based on the Eurostat Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC). Applying standard survivor … analysis tools to describe exits into retirement, we do not find any significant differences in the patterns into retirement … between the average euro area and EU non-euro area countries. Moreover, we find that shifts into retirement have increased …

This paper provides new insights on the effect of inheritance receipt on retirement. We build on lifelong information … allows us to compare current retirement rates among current and future inheritors. Chances of current retirement are 40 …