Using exhaustive data covering all private sector and state-owned firms in France, we describe the distribution of workers aged more than 50, across sectors, regions and different size of plants. We also describe trends of evolution of this distribution between 1995 and 2000. These workers are...

The PROMESS model (MESo PROjection of the Retirement System) is a projection model developed by the DREES during the first semester of 2010 to estimate the age distribution in people ceasing employment, ceasing the validation of quarters and the first time receiving a retirement benefits for...

In this paper, we show evidence that the increase in the number of contribution years that is required for a full-rate pension in France has induced indirectly an increase in senior employment between age 55 and 60, i.e. before the minimum eligibility age threshold. This impact seems to operate...