Retirement is often concentrated at specific ages—in particular the 'normal retirement
age'and an 'early retirement age'. Financial incentives cannot fully explain this. Moreover …

Flexible retirement–that is, the opportunity to choose one's own personal retirement age–is a
hedge against pension risk and provides insurance to workers facing health or productivity …

En France, les départs à la retraite sont fortement marqués par une «norme sociale»
puisqu'une très large majorité des personnes liquident leurs droits au taux plein, que ce soit …

This paper first confronts the observed aggregate retirement pattern in the Netherlands with
predictions of traditional economic models of retirement. The retirement peaks observed in …

The aim of this paper is to study how wealth affects retirement behavior. I use data from the
2004–2012 Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, covering 10 European …

We examine the effects of a major pension reform in 2015 on the joint retirement decisions
of working couples in the Netherlands. The reform abolished the partner allowance, a state …

We examine the effect of the partner allowance (PA) in the Dutch pension system on the
retirement decisions of couples using administrative data. PA was paid to people who …

Who works longer–and why? This paper investigates the characteristics of people that stay
longer in the workforce, even beyond the time they are eligible to retire. In our regional …

Private wealth holdings are likely to become an increasingly important determinant in the job
exit decision of elderly workers. Net wealth may correlate with worker's characteristics that …

This dissertation examines the importance of non-financial determinants for the individual
retirement age. Recent increases in statutory retirement ages around the world point to the …