Note on the Myth that Older Workers Delaying Retirement Creates Unemployment for the Young

Börsch-Supan, Axel () and Alan Murray
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Alan Murray: Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA), Postal: Amalienstr. 33, D-80799 Munich

No 201424, MEA discussion paper series from Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy

Abstract: A common concern when raising the retirement age is that the delayed retirement of older workers will crowd out younger workers from the labour market causing an increase in youth unemployment. This note shows that there is little empirical evidence to support this concern. Rather, the opposite is more likely to be true and older workers delaying their retirement may actually improve the employment opportunities for the young.

Date: 2014-10-01
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