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Retirement Incentives Contained in Occupational Pension Plans and Their Implications for the Mandatory Retirement Debate

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James E. Pesando
Morley Gunderson

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The authors find, for the most prevalent type of pension plan in Canada, that plan provisions are not a close substitute for mandatory retirement. Special retirement provis ions, which have a strong potential to discourage work, typically do not come into play before age sixty and are far from universal. The p ostponed retirement provision that has the greatest potential to disc ourage work beyond age sixty-five has been deemed an unacceptable sub stitute for mandatory retirement in those jurisdictions (Quebec, Mani toba, Government of Canada) which have banned mandatory retirement.

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Article provided by Canadian Economics Association in its journal Canadian Journal of Economics.

Volume (Year): 21 (1988)
Issue (Month): 2 (May)
Pages: 244-64
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  1. Michael Baker & Jonathan Gruber & Kevin Milligan, 2001. "The Retirement Incentive Effects of Canada's Income Security Programs," Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers 65, McMaster University. [Downloadable!]
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  2. James E. Pesando, 2008. "Risky Assumptions: A closer Look at the Bearing of Investment Risk in Defined-Benefit Pension Plans," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 266, June. [Downloadable!]
  3. Morley Gunderson & James E. Pesando, 1988. "The Case for Allowing Mandatory Retirement," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 14(1), pages 32-39, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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