We exploit a comprehensive restructuring of the early retirement system in Norway in 2011 to examine labor supply …

We provide empirical evidence that the removal of work disincentives embedded in retirement earnings tests can increase … old-age labor supply considerably, but it does so at the cost of more income inequality. Causal effects are identified … based on a reform of the Norwegian early retirement program, which entailed that adjacent birth cohorts were exposed to …

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

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

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

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 … increased the early retirement age for women from 60 to 63 years. Based on a large administrative dataset, we use a regression …

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 … increased the early retirement age for women from 60 to 63 years. Based on a large administrative dataset, we use a regression …

normal retirement age (NRA) from 60 years to 65 years for private-sector male employees. The analysis, based on a difference …

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 … of disincentives. Further, disincentives come at the cost of increasing inequality and individual welfare losses. Still …