substitution effects into unemployment, partial retirement, disability pension, or inactivity. Eligibility for the pension for …Early retirement options are usually targeted at employees at risk of not reaching their regular retirement age in … particularly negatively affected by the abolition of early retirement options. To measure differences in labor market reactions of …

employers encouraged their employees to use the bridge options unemployment or partial retirement instead of the early …This paper shows that increasing the normal retirement age and introducing pension deductions for retirement before … normal retirement age in Germany did not prolong employment of older men. The reason for this surprising result is that …

effects of early retirement disincentives on retirement behavior, individual welfare, pensions and public budget. We employ … retirement model. We find that labor market participation and retirement behavior in general are strongly influenced by the level …

close to retirement. The age pattern is partly explained by the positive effect of pension wealth on disability pensions …

close to retirement. The age pattern is partly explained by the positive effect of pension wealth on disability pensions …

We evaluate the labor market and distributional effects of an increase in the early retirement age (ERA) from 60 to 63 …

provide a novel empirical test of human capital theory. Using a sizable pension reform which shifts the retirement age between …

increase in the working horizon on (un)employment behaviour for individuals with a long remaining statutory working life. Using … probability of employment, decreases the probability of unemployment, and increases the intensity of job search among the …

deductions for early retirement. This paper examines the evolution of the profitability of pension contributions against the …

This study analyzes the causal effect of an increase in the retirement age on health. We exploit a sizable cohort … conclusions. We provide evidence that the increase in the retirement age negatively affects health outcomes as the prevalence of …