Traditional analyses of retirement decisions focus on the age, from birth, of the individual making choices about how … the past. If participation rates at older ages remain constant (or decline), then average time spent in retirement will … a major role in retirement decisions for Social Security. Finally, we find that controlling for other factors …

longer and birth rates have declined. Postponing the full retirement age (FRA), when retirees are entitled to full pension …

This paper studies retirement and child support policies in a small, open, overlapping-generations economy with PAYG … social security and endogenous retirement and fertility decisions. It demonstrates that neither fertility nor retirement … the retirement age. Finally, the model is simulated in order to study whether the policies devoted to realizing the social …

This paper analyzes the effect of a potential reform to the Social Security system on individuals' retirement and … orderings and endogenous retirement. Our framework allows the possibility of disability. The specification predicts a change in … consumption at retirement; we use the empirical magnitude of the change, together with desired retirement age, to identify key …