Paiva, Luis Henrique; Stivali, Matheu; Rangel, Leonardo … - 2018
Rural workers in Brazil can access old-age pensions five years earlier than urban workers. The objective of this study … suggests that having different ages of eligibility for old-age pensions for rural and urban workers is, at best, an unusual … absolute terms. The conclusion is that there seems to be no solid rationale for having a lower (and arbitrary) retirement age …