The decline in the labor force participation of older men throughout the 20th century, as well as the substantial increases in participation among older men and women over the past two decades, have generated substantial interest in understanding the effect of public pension programs on retirement...
Over the last fifteen years, France has experienced a reversal of older workers labor force participation and employment rates. Changes in health, life expectancy or education levels over the period are trend variables and thus cannot explain this U-shaped time profile. Pension reforms and...
Over the last fifteen years, France has experienced a reversal of older workers labor force participation and employment rates. Changes in health, life expectancy or education levels over the period are trend variables and thus cannot explain this U-shaped time profile. Pension reforms and...
A significant upturn in labor force participation rates has been observed in France and other developed countries since the beginning of the 2000s, after having reached a very low point at the turn of the century. This reversal is generally presented as a consequence of successive pension reforms...
France stands out as a country with a low labor force attachment of older workers. A reversal in the trend of French labor participation rates over 50 is under way, partly due to the pension reforms that took place since 1993. The French ageing process is driven by large gains in life expectancy and...
France stands out as a country with a low labor force attachment of older workers. A reversal in the trend of French labor participation rates over 50 is under way, partly due to the pension reforms that took place since 1993. The French ageing process is driven by large gains in life expectancy and...
We analyze the influence of health and financial incentives on the retirement behavior of older workers in France, building upon the Stock and Wise (1990) option value approach. The model accounts for three main retirement routes: normal retirement, disability insurance (DI), and unemployment...
We analyze the influence of health and financial incentives on the retirement behavior of older workers in France, building upon Stock and Wise (1990) option value approach. The model accounts for three main retirement routes: the normal retirement, disability insurance (DI) and unemployment...
The French pattern of early transitions out of employment is basically explained by the low age at "normal" retirement and by the importance of transitions through unemployment insurance and early-retirement schemes before access to normal retirement. These routes have exempted French workers from...
Among numerous retirement schemes in France, the Social Security general regime" covers all wage earners from the private sector, about 65% of workers. In this regime are eligible for a full pension at 65, or between 60 and 65 if they contributed to the regime for at" least 37.5 years. For people...