Greener Pastures: Understanding the Impact of Retirement Incentives in Defined-benefit Pension Plans

Tammy Schirle

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2008, issue 262

Abstract: Provisions in defined-benefit pension plans may bring down employment rates among older workers — a concern for employers, and for policymakers projecting the impact of babyboomers’ mass retirement from the labour force.

Keywords: pension papers; early retirement; labour-market behaviour of olders workers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H55 J26 J32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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