We use nationally representative panel data from Australia to consider the impact of retirement on individual locus of … causality via cohort-specific eligibility age for the Australian Age Pension. We show that retirement leads to increased … effects of retirement on health and subjective well-being, respectively. The impact of retirement on control beliefs varies …

This study analyzes the causal effect of an increase in the retirement age on health. We exploit a sizable cohort …-in-Differences approach. The analysis is based on official records covering all individuals insured by the public health system in Germany and … conclusions. We provide evidence that the increase in the retirement age negatively affects health outcomes as the prevalence of …

This paper provides a two-part empirical analysis on how actuarial reduction rates for early retirement affect current … pension payments in Germany and to what extent the existence and the magnitude of such reduction rates influence people …’s retirement planning. First, when looking at administrative records, early retirement shows a high prevalence at the extensive and …

undergoing fundamental reforms in many Western countries. Starting with cohort 1937, Germany introduced permanent pension … deductions for early retirement. This paper examines the evolution of the profitability of pension contributions against the …

In this paper we study the retirement patterns of couples in a multi-country setting using data from the Survey of … Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe. In particular we test whether women's (men's) transitions out of the labor force are …-specific early and full statutory retirement ages to instrument the latter. Exploiting the discontinuities in retirement behavior …