Private Alternatives and Early Retirement Programs

Matias Eklöf and Daniel Hallberg ()

No 2004:5, Working Paper Series from Uppsala University, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper describes early retirement option programs in collective agreements in Sweden during the 1990s. We highlight the differences between actual pension benefits and those stipulated in the standard agreements. We find that the individuals frequently face far better options than those given by standard agreements. The mix and the timing of pensions is usually done in a non-trivial way. Thus, if we just relied on the standard agreement text, one important implication of these findings is that the effects of economic incentives on retirement very well might be over-estimated.

Keywords: Retirement; early retirement programs; occupational pension (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J14 J21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: Written
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