The effects of pension rights and retirement age on training participation: Evidence from a natural experiment

Raymond Michel Montizaan (), Cörvers Frank and Andries de Grip ()

No 15, Research Memoranda from Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market

Abstract: This paper uses a natural experiment approach to identify the effects of an exogenouschange in future pension benefits on workers’ training participation. We use uniquematched survey and administrative data for male employees in the Dutch public sectorwho were born in 1949 or 1950. Only the latter were subject to a major pension reformthat diminished their pension rights. We find that this exogenous shock to pension rightspostpones expected retirement and increases participation in training courses amongolder employees, although exclusively for those employed in large organizations.

Keywords: education, training and the labour market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2009
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