Paid Work after Retirement: Recent Trends in Denmark

Mona Larsen () and Peder Pedersen

No 6537, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: The labor market in Denmark seems to follow the trend in a number of other countries of increasing labor force participation in the 60+ group. We analyze trends for the early retirement age interval 60-64 and for the age group 65-74 where people are eligible to a national social security program from age 65. Until now, the increase in labor force participation has been most pronounced among 60-64-year-olds and among women. We find significant impact on work after retirement from education, gender, home ownership, aggregate unemployment at the time of retirement, age and education. Being married has a positive impact for men and a negative impact for women. We relate labor force participation after retirement to the cyclical situation and to the several policy reforms introduced since 1980.

Keywords: retirement; labor force participation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H55 J14 J26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2012-05
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Published - published as 'To work, to retire – or both? Labor market activity after 60' in: IZA Journal of European Studies, 2013, 2:21

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