The Role of Institutions in European Patterns of Work and Retirement

Agar Brugiavini, Axel B�rsch-Supan () and Enrica Croda
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Axel B�rsch-Supan: MEA Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging, University of Mannheim

No 2008_44, Working Papers from Department of Economics, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari"

Abstract: This paper uses the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to investigate the role of pension and social security institutions in shaping the European patterns of work and retirement. We provide evidence on the extent of �unused capacity� in labor force, on pathways to retirement and on the relationship between actual health status and disability take up. We find that institutional differences between countries explain much of the cross-national differences in work and retirement, while differences in health and demographics play only a minor role.

Keywords: Aging; employment; retirement; health; disability; social security institutions; SHARE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C81 I12 J14 J18 J26 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 73
Date: 2008
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-age, nep-eec and nep-lab
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