Phasing out: Routine tasks and retirement

Lucas van der Velde

Journal of Comparative Economics, 2022, vol. 50, issue 3, 784-803

Abstract: This paper studies the link between task content of jobs and exits to retirement by older workers. This research provides a comparative analysis of retirement timing in Germany and Great Britain. In Germany, workers in more routine jobs had between one and two percentage points higher probability leaving the labor market faster when compared to workers in less routine occupations. The relationship is robust and relatively constant over time. In Great Britain, by contrast, workers from routine and non-routine jobs appear to leave the labor market with a similar timing. I contend that institutional characteristics can explain the differences across countries.

Keywords: Task content of jobs; Retirement; Comparative analysis; Institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J26 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2022.01.004

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