Private Alternatives and Early Retirement Programs

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This paper describes early retirement option programs in collective agreements in Sweden during the 1990s. We highlight the differences between actual pension benefits and those stipulated in the standard agreements. We find that the individuals frequently face far better options than those given by standard agreements. The mix and the timing of pensions is usually done in a non-trivial way. Thus, if we just relied on the standard agreement text, one important implication of these findings is that the effects of economic incentives on retirement very well might be over-estimated.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 2004:5

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
• Subject: Retirement ; early retirement programs ; occupational pension ; Altersgrenze ; Arbeitszeitgestaltung ; Individualismus ; Schweden

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Eklöf, Matias ; Hallberg, Daniel
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Uppsala University, Department of Economics
• (where): Uppsala
• (when): 2004

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/82693
• URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-4512
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET