Arbeitspapier
Joint Retirement of Couples: Evidence from Discontinuities in Denmark
We study how social security influences the retirement behavior of couples. First, we exploit over two decades of full-population data and a discontinuity design to document sizable retirement spillovers to spouses when individuals reach pension eligibility age. Next, we explore underlying mechanisms. We find age differences within couples to be a fundamental determinant of joint retirement, which is driven by older spouses working longer. Accounting for these age differences reveals a strong gender gap, which prevails after controlling for relative earnings. Finally, in a complementary analysis we show that a reform increasing eligibility ages induces similar spillovers to spouses.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 9191
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination
Retirement; Retirement Policies
Household Behavior: General
Social Security and Public Pensions
- Thema
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joint retirement
pension eligibility age
couples labor supply
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Geistige Schöpfung
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García-Miralles, Esteban
Leganza, Jonathan M.
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Veröffentlichung
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Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
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Munich
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2021
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- García-Miralles, Esteban
- Leganza, Jonathan M.
- Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Entstanden
- 2021