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The IZA Discussion Paper Series (ISSN: 2365-9793) disseminates high-quality research by IZA network members to the scientific community and the interested public worldwide before they are later published in academic journals. Comprising over 13,000 papers, IZA's publication flagship is the most influential working paper series in labor economics. 

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219 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14018
Social Security and Endogenous Demographic Change: Child Support and Retirement Policies
Giam Pietro Cipriani, Tamara Fioroni
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13990
Technology, Labour Market Institutions and Early Retirement: Evidence from Finland
Naomitsu Yashiro, Tomi Kyyrä, Hyunjeong Hwang, Juha Tuomala
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13939
How Effective are Matching Schemes in Enticing Low-income Earners to Save More for Retirement? Evidence from a National Scheme
Marc K. Chan, Cain Polidano, Ha Vu, Roger Wilkins, Andrew Carter, Hang To
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13932
Pension Policies, Retirement and Human Capital Depreciation in Late Adulthood
Plamen Nikolov, Alan Adelman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13671
Association of a Genetic Risk Score with BMI along the Life-Cycle: Evidence from Several US Cohorts
Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano, Anastasia Terskaya, Angie Upegui
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13587
Stung by Pension Reforms: The Impact of a Change in State Pension Age on Mental Health and Life Satisfaction of Affected Women
Marina Della Giusta, Simonetta Longhi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13572
Obstacles to Labour Market Participation among Arab Women in Israel
Sami H. Miaari, Nabil Khattab, Maha Sabbah-Karkabi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13537
The Impact of Social Security on Pension Claiming and Retirement: Active vs. Passive Decisions
Rafael Lalive, Arvind Magesan, Stefan Staubli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13416
Are Older Workers Willing to Learn?
Jens Ruhose, Stephan L. Thomsen, Insa Weilage
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13416
Are Older Workers Willing to Learn?
Jens Ruhose, Stephan L. Thomsen, Insa Weilage
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13403
Retirement, Social Support and Mental Wellbeing: A Couple-level Analysis
Nathan Kettlewell, Jack Lam
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13182
Is Rising Household Debt Affecting Retirement Decisions?
Barbara A. Butrica, Nadia S Karamcheva
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13153
Does Retirement Affect Voluntary Work Provision? Evidence from England, Ireland and the U.S.
Peter Eibich, Angelo Lorenti, Irene Mosca
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13081
Do Public Program Benefits Crowd Out Private Transfers in Developing Countries? A Critical Review of Recent Evidence
Plamen Nikolov, Matthew Bonci
published in: World Development, 2020, 134 (104967).
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13077
How People React to Pension Risk
Nicolás Salamanca, Andries de Grip, Olaf Sleijpen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13042
Public-Sector Compensation over the Life Cycle
Pedro Maia Gomes, Felix Wellschmied
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12993
Retirement, Intergenerational Time Transfers, and Fertility
Peter Eibich, Thomas Siedler
revised version forthcoming in: European Economic Review, 2020
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12891
Working Life and Human Capital Investment: Causal Evidence from Pension Reform
Niklas Gohl, Peter Haan, Elisabeth Kurz, Felix Weinhardt
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12791
The Mental Health Effects of Retirement
Matteo Picchio, Jan C. van Ours
revised version published in: De Economist, 2020, 168, 419-452 [Online Access]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12790
Did Soviet Elderly Employment Respond to Financial Incentives? Evidence from Pension Reforms
Olga Malkova
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12744
The Effect of Increasing the Early Retirement Age on Savings Behavior Before Retirement
Stefan Etgeton, Björn Fischer, Han Ye
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12656
Making Use of Home Equity: The Potential of Housing Wealth to Enhance Retirement Security
Jorge Miguel Bravo, Mercedes Ayuso, Robert Holzmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12604
Policy Uncertainty and Information Flows: Evidence from Pension Reform Expectations
Emanuele Ciani, Adeline Delavande, Ben Etheridge, Marco Francesconi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12546
Creative Destruction, Social Security Uptake and Union Networks
Harald Dale-Olsen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12532
Do Private Household Transfers to the Elderly Respond to Public Pension Benefits? Evidence from Rural China
Plamen Nikolov, Alan Adelman
published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2019, 14 (100204).
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12524
Do Pension Benefits Accelerate Cognitive Decline? Evidence from Rural China
Plamen Nikolov, Alan Adelman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12497
Who Is a Passive Saver under Opt-In and Auto-Enrollment?
Gopi Shah Goda, Matthew R. Levy, Colleen Flaherty Manchester, Aaron Sojourner, Joshua Tasoff
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 173, 301-321
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12299
Marital Status and Retirement: An Empirical Study for France
Karina Doorley, Elena G. F. Stancanelli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12263
Behavioral Impediments to Valuing Annuities: Complexity and Choice Bracketing
Jeffrey R. Brown, Arie Kapteyn, Erzo F.P. Luttmer, Olivia S. Mitchell, Anya Samek
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12262
Voluntary Job Separations and Traditional versus Flexible Workplace Saving Plans: Evidence from Canada
Tony Fang, Derek Messacar
forthcoming in: Canadian Public Policy, 2019.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12244
Endogenous Demographic Change, Retirement and Social Security
Giam Pietro Cipriani, Tamara Fioroni
forthcoming in: Macroeconomic Dynamics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12221
NDC: The Generic Old-Age Pension Scheme
Marek Góra, Edward Palmer
forthcoming as a chapter in: "Progress and Challenges of Nonfinancial Defined Pension"
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12188
The Determinants of Retirement Planning within Couples in Ireland
Karina Doorley, Anne Nolan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12187
Financial Literacy and Preparation for Retirement
Anne Nolan, Karina Doorley
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11931
Institutional Reforms and an Incredible Rise in Old Age Employment
Regina T. Riphahn, Rebecca Schrader
forthcoming in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11896
A Regression Discontinuity Evaluation of Reducing Early Retirement Eligibility in Poland
Oliwia Komada, Pawel Strzelecki, Joanna Tyrowicz
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 40(2), 286-303
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11896
A Regression Discontinuity Evaluation of Reducing Early Retirement Eligibility in Poland
Oliwia Komada, Pawel Strzelecki, Joanna Tyrowicz
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 40(2), 286-303
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11851
Fatal Attraction? Extended Unemployment Benefits, Labor Force Exits, and Mortality
Andreas Kuhn, Stefan Staubli, Jean-Philippe Wuellrich, Josef Zweimüller
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 191, 104087
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11846
The Betrayed Generation? Intra-Household Transfers and Retirement Behavior in South Korea
Kyeongkuk Kim, Sang-Hyop Lee, Timothy J. Halliday
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11832
Are Retirees More Satisfied? Anticipation and Adaptation Effects of Retirement on Subjective Well-Being: A Panel Analysis for Germany
Joachim Merz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11832
Are Retirees More Satisfied? Anticipation and Adaptation Effects of Retirement on Subjective Well-Being: A Panel Analysis for Germany
Joachim Merz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11831
The Effect of Pension Subsidies on Retirement Timing of Older Women: Evidence from a Regression Kink Design
Han Ye
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11775
Social Security Incentives in Belgium: An Analysis of Four Decades of Change
Anne-Lore Fraikin, Alain Jousten, Mathieu Lefèbvre
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11762
Predicting Retirement Savings Using Survey Measures of Exponential-Growth Bias and Present Bias
Gopi Shah Goda, Matthew R. Levy, Colleen Flaherty Manchester, Aaron Sojourner, Joshua Tasoff
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2019, 57 (3), 1636 - 1658 https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12792
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11728
Minimum Wages and Retirement
Mark Borgschulte, Heepyung Cho
forthcoming in: ILR Review, 2019
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11727
Healthcare Utilization at Retirement: The Role of the Opportunity Cost of Time
Claudio Lucifora, Daria Vigani
forthcoming in: Health Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11664
Working Beyond 65 in Ireland
Anne Nolan, Alan Barrett
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11663
The Role of Self-Employment in Ireland's Older Workforce
Anne Nolan, Alan Barrett
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11620
Pension Reform: Disentangling Retirement and Savings Responses
Maarten Lindeboom, Raymond Montizaan
forthcoming in: Journal of Public Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11618
Labor Market and Distributional Effects of an Increase in the Retirement Age
Johannes Geyer, Peter Haan, Anna Hammerschmid, Michael Peters
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11618
Labor Market and Distributional Effects of an Increase in the Retirement Age
Johannes Geyer, Peter Haan, Anna Hammerschmid, Michael Peters
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11538
Less Is Not More: Information Presentation Complexity and 401(k) Planning Choices
Eric Cardella, Charlene M. Kalenkoski, Michael Parent
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11481
Status and Progress in Cross-Border Portability of Social Security Benefits
Robert Holzmann, Jacques Wels
published in: International Social Security Review, 2020, 73(1), 65-107
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11441
On Welfare Effects of Increasing Retirement Age
Krzysztof Makarski, Joanna Tyrowicz
forthcoming in: Journal of Policy Modelling, doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2018.11.002
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11409
Using a Kinked Policy Rule to Estimate the Effect of Experience Rating on Disability Inflow
Tomi Kyyrä, Tuuli Paukkeri
published as "Does Experience Rating Reduce Sickness and Disability Claims? Evidence from Policy Kinks" in: Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 61, 178-192
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11249
Labor Reallocation and Demographics
Joanna Tyrowicz
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46(1), pages 381-412
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11226
Retirement and Unexpected Health Shocks
Bénédicte Apouey, Cahit Guven, Claudia Senik
published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2019, 33, 116-123.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10964
Do Good Working Conditions Make You Work Longer? Evidence on Retirement Decisions Using Linked Survey and Register Data
Petri Böckerman, Pekka Ilmakunnas
published as 'Do Good Working Conditions Make You Work Longer? Analyzing Retirement Decisions Using Linked Survey and Register Data' in: The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2020, 17, 100192
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10839
Long-Term Effects of Extended Unemployment Benefits for Older Workers
Tomi Kyyrä, Hanna Pesola
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10681
Closing Routes to Retirement: How Do People Respond?
Johannes Geyer, Clara Welteke
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10681
Closing Routes to Retirement: How Do People Respond?
Johannes Geyer, Clara Welteke
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10680
How Do Unemployed Workers Behave Prior to Retirement? A Multi-State Multiple-Spell Approach
Ewa Gałecka-Burdziak, Marek Góra
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10452
The Great Recession and Life Satisfaction: The Unique Decline for Americans Approaching Retirement Age
John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee, Amanda Cabacungan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10361
How Does Pension Eligibility Affect Labor Supply in Couples?
Rafael Lalive, Pierpaolo Parrotta
forthcoming in: Labour Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10322
Couples' Retirement under Individual Pension Design: A Regression Discontinuity Study for France
Elena G. F. Stancanelli
published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 49, 14-26
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10246
Spousal and Survivor Benefits in Option Value Models of Retirement: An Application to Belgium
Alain Jousten, Mathieu Lefèbvre
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10154
The Effects of the Early Retirement Age on Retirement Decisions
Dayanand Manoli, Andrea Weber
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10154
The Effects of the Early Retirement Age on Retirement Decisions
Dayanand Manoli, Andrea Weber
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10059
Commitment in the Household: Evidence from the Effect of Inheritances on the Labor Supply of Older Married Couples
David M. Blau, Ryan Goodstein
revised version forthcoming in: Labour Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10014
Impacts from Delaying Access to Retirement Benefits on Welfare Receipt and Expenditure: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Umut Oguzoglu, Cain Polidano, Ha Vu
published in: The Economic Record, vol. 96, No. 312, March, 2020, 65–86
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10013
Pension Incentives and the Retirement Decisions of Couples
Kadir Atalay, Garry F. Barrett
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10013
Pension Incentives and the Retirement Decisions of Couples
Kadir Atalay, Garry F. Barrett
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9979
Grandparental Availability for Child Care and Maternal Employment: Pension Reform Evidence from Italy
Massimiliano Bratti, Tommaso Frattini, Francesco Scervini
revised version published as "Grandparental availability for child care and maternal labor force participation: Pension reform evidence from Italy" in: Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31(4), 1239–1277
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9969
Aging, Retirement and Pay-As-You-Go Pensions
Giam Pietro Cipriani
published in: Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2018, 22, 1173-1183
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9881
Smoking Behaviour and Early Retirement Due to Chronic Disability
Tommy Bengtsson, Anton Nilsson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9835
Use It or Lose It: Irish Evidence
Irene Mosca, Robert E. Wright
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9834
Does Postponing Minimum Retirement Age Improve Healthy Behaviours Before Retirement? Evidence from Middle-Aged Italian Workers
Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello, Gianluca Mazzarella
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2018
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9824
Moral-Hazard-Free First-Best Unemployment Insurance
Donald O. Parsons
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9821
Taxing Pensions
Helmuth Cremer, Pierre Pestieau
published in: Robert Holzmann and John Piggott (eds.), The Taxation of Pensions, Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 2018.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9819
Old‐Age Employment and Hours of Work Trends: Empirical Analysis for Four European Countries
Arjeta Aliaj, Xavier Flawinne, Alain Jousten, Sergio Perelman, Lin Shi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9620
Are Japanese Men of Pensionable Age Underemployed or Overemployed?
Emiko Usui, Satoshi Shimizutani, Takashi Oshio
published in: Japanese Economic Review, 2016, 67 (2), 150 - 168
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9620
Are Japanese Men of Pensionable Age Underemployed or Overemployed?
Emiko Usui, Satoshi Shimizutani, Takashi Oshio
published in: Japanese Economic Review, 2016, 67 (2), 150 - 168
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9568
The Caregiving Responsibilities of Retirees: What Are They and How Do They Affect Retirees' Well-being?
Charlene M. Kalenkoski, Eakamon Oumtrakool
published in: Applied Economics, 2017, 49 (13), 1298-1310
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9508
The Relationship Between Establishment Training and the Retention of Older Workers: Evidence from Germany
Peter B. Berg, Mary K. Hamman, Matthew Piszczek, Christopher J. Ruhm
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9462
Demanding Occupations and the Retirement Age
Niels Vermeer, Mauro Mastrogiacomo, Arthur van Soest
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9430
Gradual Retirement, Financial Incentives, and Labour Supply of Older Workers: Evidence from a Stated Preference Analysis
Ahmed Elsayed, Andries de Grip, Didier Fouarge, Raymond Montizaan
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 150, 277-294
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9360
Labor Supply Responses to New Rural Social Pension Insurance in China: A Regression Discontinuity Approach
Zeyuan Chen, Tommy Bengtsson, Jonas Helgertz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9343
Cultural and Ethnic Differences in the Transitions from Work to "Retirement" of Rural Elders in China's Minority Regions
Rachel Connelly, Margaret Maurer-Fazio
Published in Chinese in 中国少数民族的差异性研究 (Research on the Differences among Chinese Minorities), edited by丁赛、李克强、别雍·古斯塔夫森、佐藤宏、瑞萨·汉斯姆斯等著 (edited by Ding Sai, Li Keqiang, Bjorn·Gustafsson, Sato Hiroshi, and Reza Hasmath. 社会科学文献出版社 (Social Sciences Academic Press: Beijing) December 2016.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9266
Can Policy Facilitate Partial Retirement? Evidence from Germany
Peter B. Berg, Mary K. Hamman, Matthew Piszczek, Christopher J. Ruhm
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9192
Seniority Wages and the Role of Firms in Retirement
Wolfgang Frimmel, Thomas Horvath, Mario Schnalzenberger, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
publshed in: Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 164, 19 - 32
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9156
Home Production and Retirement in Couples: A Panel Data Analysis
Eric Bonsang, Arthur van Soest
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9032
Work Capacity and Longer Working Lives in Belgium
Alain Jousten, Mathieu Lefèbvre
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8895
The Effect of Public Pension Wealth on Saving and Expenditure
Marta Lachowska, Michal Myck
revised version published in: American Economic Journal - Economic Policy, 2018, 10(3), 284-308
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8862
Training Access, Reciprocity, and Expected Retirement Age
Raymond Montizaan, Andries de Grip, Didier Fouarge
published as 'Train to retain: Training opportunities, positive reciprocity, and expected retirement age' in: Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2020, 117, 103332 (with Bert Schreurs)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8861
Joint Retirement of Couples: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Hans Bloemen, Stefan Hochguertel, Jochem Zweerink
published as 'The Effect of Incentive-Induced Retirement on Spousal Retirement Rates: Evidence from a Natural Experiment' in: Economic Inquiry, 2019, 57 (2), 910 - 930 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12747
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8812
Pension Reform and Labor Supply: Flexibility vs. Prescription
Erik Hernaes, Simen Markussen, John Piggott, Knut Røed
revised version published as 'Pension Reform and Labor Supply' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 142, 39–55
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8787
Effects of Changes in Pensions on the Age of First Benefit Receipt: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Repatriated Ethnic Germans
Patrick A. Puhani, Falko Tabbert
published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 38, 12 - 23
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8783
Voluntary Public Unemployment Insurance
Donald O. Parsons, Torben Tranæs, Helene Bie Lilleør
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8727
Baby-Boom, Baby-Bust and the Great Depression
Andriana Bellou, Emanuela Cardia
see authors' personal websites for updated versions
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8723
The Impact of Voluntary and Involuntary Retirement on Mental Health: Evidence from Older Irish Adults
Irene Mosca, Alan Barrett
published in: Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 2016, 19, 33-44
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