Does raising the pension age prolong working life? Evidence from pension age reform in Estonia

Orsolya Soosaar (), Allan Puur and Lauri Leppik

No wp2020-3, Bank of Estonia Working Papers from Bank of Estonia

Abstract: We estimate how raising the statutory retirement age affects employment by considering the pension age reform in Estonia, that gradually raised the normal retirement age (NRA) for women from 58 to 61.5 and the early retirement age (ERA) from 56 to 59.5 during the period of 2001 to 2011. The analysis employs a difference-in-differences estimation strategy on register data covering women born between 1943 and 1952. The reform did have an impact on the employment rate of affected women, with an estimated increase of 4.1 percentage points associated with the rise in the NRA, and 3.4 percentage points with the rise in the ERA. These estimates are at the lower end of those found in previous studies for other countries, pointing to the role of contextual features such as lower replace-ment rates and fewer disincentives to work while drawing pensions.

Keywords: retirement age; older workers; employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H31 H55 J14 J26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-07-09, Revised 2020-07-09
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