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The effect of firms' partial retirement policies on the labour market outcomes of their employees

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  • Martin Huber
  • Michael Lechner
  • Conny Wunsch

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    (University of Basel)

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In this paper, we assess the impact of firms introducing part-time work schemes for gradual labour market exit of elderly workers on their employees’ labour market outcomes. The analysis is based on unique linked employer-employee data that combine high-quality survey and administrative data. Our results suggest that partial or gradual retirement options offered by firms are an important tool to alleviate the negative effects of low labour market attachment of elderly workers in ageing societies.

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Paper provided by Faculty of Business and Economics - University of Basel in its series Working papers with number 2013/12.

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Keywords: part-time work; elderly employees; treatment effects; matching;

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  • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
  • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies
  • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models

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