schemes such as social security and disability insurance, and from private arrangements, such as early retirement and … occupational pensions. In general, the generous replacement rates offered by these schemes act as powerful stimuli for retirement …. Although Dutch research into the retirement effects of the earnings replacing schemes for the elderly was limited until the …

findings are driven to some extent by the reduction in the maximum duration of unemployment insurance benefits in 2007, but … predominantly by making (early) retirement schemes actuarially fair from 2006 onwards. The increase in disability insurance's income …

, participation rates above the normal retirement age of 65 have almost tripled for men and quadrupled for women despite the fact that … differences in skills across cohorts, as the older cohorts moved into retirement, such that workers' characteristics better …

the general trends toward earlier ages of retirement. We use the American PSID and the European Community Household Panel … a major factor explaining employment differences in the pre-retirement years …

retirement and rates of participation in various earnings replacing programs in the Netherlands. It presents an overview of … reforms to Disability Insurance (DI) and other income maintenance and early retirement programs over the past few decades, and …

Evidence shows that people have difficulty understanding complex aspects of retirement planning, which leads them to …