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| International perspectives on early retirement | | Author(s) | Tryggvi Thor Herbertsson |
| Journal title | Generations Review, vol 13, no 1, January 2003 |
| Pages | pp 4-9 |
| Keywords | Early retirement ; Labour economics ; International. |
| Annotation | Labour force participation in industrialised countries has been in decline for some 20 years. This is especially true for older workers. In response to high unemployment, many countries expanded early retirement schemes in the 1980s. Despite the common trend towards early retirement, however, labour market participation rates differ significantly across OECD countries. These differences are important for policy makers to the extent that their causes are rooted in economic policy and structure rather than in cultural and environmental factors. In the light of these differences, this paper attempts to summarise and discuss alternative theories as to why people retire early, and how early retirement programmes came about, in order to better understand the roots of the problem. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030416001 A |
| Classmark | G5M: WH: 72 |
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