Retirement : Can Pension Reform Reverse the Trend to Earlier Retirement?

This edition of the Pension Reform Primer examines the global trend in early retirement among rich and poorer countries, the reasons for people retiring early, the burden of early retirement on the pension system, recent policy initiatives to promo...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2012
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spelling okr-10986-114442021-04-23T14:02:55Z Retirement : Can Pension Reform Reverse the Trend to Earlier Retirement? World Bank ACCRUALS AGING POPULATIONS ANNUITY BENEFIT FORMULA CONTRIBUTION RATE DEFINED BENEFIT PLANS DEFINED BENEFIT SCHEMES DEFINED CONTRIBUTIONS DISCOUNT RATE EARLY RETIREMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK FINANCIAL INCENTIVES GROSS REPLACEMENT RATE INVESTMENT RETURNS JOBS LABOR MARKET LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFETIME EARNINGS MANDATORY RETIREMENT OLDER WORKERS PENSION COSTS PENSION FORMULA PENSION PLANS PENSION REFORM PENSION REFORMS PENSION SCHEMES PENSION SYSTEM PENSION SYSTEMS PENSION WEALTH PENSIONERS PENSIONS PERSISTENT UNEMPLOYMENT PRESENT VALUE PRIVATE PENSION PRIVATE PENSION SYSTEMS PUBLIC FINANCES REPLACEMENT RATE REPLACEMENT RATES RETIREES RETIREMENT RETIREMENT AGE RETIREMENT AGES RETIREMENT DECISION RETIREMENT INCOME RETIREMENT INCOME SYSTEMS RETIREMENT SAVINGS SAVINGS PLANS SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIALIST COUNTRIES TAX RATE TAX TREATMENT UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT YOUNGER WORKERS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES This edition of the Pension Reform Primer examines the global trend in early retirement among rich and poorer countries, the reasons for people retiring early, the burden of early retirement on the pension system, recent policy initiatives to promote employment of older workers, and people's responses to incentives. The paper notes there is a clear relationship between early retirement and incentives in the pension system, a result confirmed by other international studies and by more detailed econometric analysis of individual countries' systems. It finds that retirement depends on many other factors, such as individual health or the level of unemployment. But financial incentives in the tax and pension system have important effects on the retirement deciosion. 2012-08-13T15:05:20Z 2012-08-13T15:05:20Z 2000-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/01/6323981/retirement-can-pension-reform-reverse-trend-earlier-retirement-retirement-can-pension-reform-reverse-trend-earlier-retirement http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11444 English World Bank Pension Reform Primer Series CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic ACCRUALS
AGING POPULATIONS
ANNUITY
BENEFIT FORMULA
CONTRIBUTION RATE
DEFINED BENEFIT PLANS
DEFINED BENEFIT SCHEMES
DEFINED CONTRIBUTIONS
DISCOUNT RATE
EARLY RETIREMENT
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
GROSS REPLACEMENT RATE
INVESTMENT RETURNS
JOBS
LABOR MARKET
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFETIME EARNINGS
MANDATORY RETIREMENT
OLDER WORKERS
PENSION COSTS
PENSION FORMULA
PENSION PLANS
PENSION REFORM
PENSION REFORMS
PENSION SCHEMES
PENSION SYSTEM
PENSION SYSTEMS
PENSION WEALTH
PENSIONERS
PENSIONS
PERSISTENT UNEMPLOYMENT
PRESENT VALUE
PRIVATE PENSION
PRIVATE PENSION SYSTEMS
PUBLIC FINANCES
REPLACEMENT RATE
REPLACEMENT RATES
RETIREES
RETIREMENT
RETIREMENT AGE
RETIREMENT AGES
RETIREMENT DECISION
RETIREMENT INCOME
RETIREMENT INCOME SYSTEMS
RETIREMENT SAVINGS
SAVINGS PLANS
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIALIST COUNTRIES
TAX RATE
TAX TREATMENT
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
YOUNGER WORKERS
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
spellingShingle ACCRUALS
AGING POPULATIONS
ANNUITY
BENEFIT FORMULA
CONTRIBUTION RATE
DEFINED BENEFIT PLANS
DEFINED BENEFIT SCHEMES
DEFINED CONTRIBUTIONS
DISCOUNT RATE
EARLY RETIREMENT
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
GROSS REPLACEMENT RATE
INVESTMENT RETURNS
JOBS
LABOR MARKET
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFETIME EARNINGS
MANDATORY RETIREMENT
OLDER WORKERS
PENSION COSTS
PENSION FORMULA
PENSION PLANS
PENSION REFORM
PENSION REFORMS
PENSION SCHEMES
PENSION SYSTEM
PENSION SYSTEMS
PENSION WEALTH
PENSIONERS
PENSIONS
PERSISTENT UNEMPLOYMENT
PRESENT VALUE
PRIVATE PENSION
PRIVATE PENSION SYSTEMS
PUBLIC FINANCES
REPLACEMENT RATE
REPLACEMENT RATES
RETIREES
RETIREMENT
RETIREMENT AGE
RETIREMENT AGES
RETIREMENT DECISION
RETIREMENT INCOME
RETIREMENT INCOME SYSTEMS
RETIREMENT SAVINGS
SAVINGS PLANS
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIALIST COUNTRIES
TAX RATE
TAX TREATMENT
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
YOUNGER WORKERS
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
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Retirement : Can Pension Reform Reverse the Trend to Earlier Retirement?
relation World Bank Pension Reform Primer Series
description This edition of the Pension Reform Primer examines the global trend in early retirement among rich and poorer countries, the reasons for people retiring early, the burden of early retirement on the pension system, recent policy initiatives to promote employment of older workers, and people's responses to incentives. The paper notes there is a clear relationship between early retirement and incentives in the pension system, a result confirmed by other international studies and by more detailed econometric analysis of individual countries' systems. It finds that retirement depends on many other factors, such as individual health or the level of unemployment. But financial incentives in the tax and pension system have important effects on the retirement deciosion.
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author World Bank
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title Retirement : Can Pension Reform Reverse the Trend to Earlier Retirement?
title_short Retirement : Can Pension Reform Reverse the Trend to Earlier Retirement?
title_full Retirement : Can Pension Reform Reverse the Trend to Earlier Retirement?
title_fullStr Retirement : Can Pension Reform Reverse the Trend to Earlier Retirement?
title_full_unstemmed Retirement : Can Pension Reform Reverse the Trend to Earlier Retirement?
title_sort retirement : can pension reform reverse the trend to earlier retirement?
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/01/6323981/retirement-can-pension-reform-reverse-trend-earlier-retirement-retirement-can-pension-reform-reverse-trend-earlier-retirement
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