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Work or Retirement? Exit Routs for Norwegian Elderly

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Dahl, Sven-Age () (SNF, Bergen)
Nilsen, Oivind Anti () (Department of Economics, Univerity of Bergen)
Vaage, Kjell () (University of Bergen)

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In this paper we analyze early retirement pathways for Norwegian male and female workers. We apply a multinomial logit model to a data set covering more than 10 500 employees, ages 56-61, in 1989. The aim is to analyze the transition to different destinations, i.e. disability pension, unemployment benefits, out of the labour force, in the period from 1989 till 1995. Both family characteristics, expected income in different end-states, and push factors, such as industry attachment and local unemployment, are important for the early retirement process. Our findings also indicate that there are several gender differences. The explanatory variables have different effects on the different exit routes for males as well as for females. We therefore reject the hypothesis that disability and unemployment are exchangeable pathways into early retirement.

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Keywords: early retirement; labour force participation;

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J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies
C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data
C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models

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  1. Boskin, Michael J. & Hurd, Michael D., 1978. "The effect of social security on early retirement," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 10(3), pages 361-377, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Riphahn, Regina T, 1997. "Disability Retirement and Unemployment--Substitute Pathways for Labour Force Exit? An Empirical Test for the Case of Germany," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 29(5), pages 551-61, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Haveman, Robert & Wolfe, Barbara & Warlick, Jennifer, 1988. "Labor market behavior of older men : Estimates from a Trichotomous choice model," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 36(2), pages 153-175, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Ruhm, Christopher J, 1990. "Bridge Jobs and Partial Retirement," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 8(4), pages 482-501, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Pasi Huovinen & Hannu Piekkola, 2002. "Early Retirement and Use of Time by Older Finns," Discussion Papers 787, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy. [Downloadable!]
  2. Bernt Bratsberg & Oddbjørn Raaum & Knut Røed, 2008. "When Minority Labor Migrants Meet the Welfare State," CReAM Discussion Paper Series 0817, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Tuulia Hakola, 2000. "Navigating through the Finnish Pension System," Discussion Papers 224, Government Institute for Economic Research Finland (VATT). [Downloadable!]
  4. Vincent, VANDENBERGHE, 2005. "The Low Employment Rate Conundrum. Can More Human Capital Help ?," Discussion Papers (ECON - Département des Sciences Economiques) 2005053, Université catholique de Louvain, Département des Sciences Economiques. [Downloadable!]
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