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Wealth and early retirement age
[Patrimoine et âge envisagé de départ à la retraite]

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  • Luc Arrondel

    (PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

  • Laurent Soulat

    (CDC - Caisse des dépôts et consignations (France))

Abstract

In France, retirement is strongly marked by a "social norm" since a large majority of people claim their rights at the full rate, whether by the length of contributions or by the legal retirement age. However, standards of living, working conditions, health and financial incentives are likely to influence these retirement paths. We study here the links between retirement age and amount of wealth. More specifically, we test the existence of a possible wealth effect by evaluating the effects of household's wealth on the age at which individuals plan to retire. To do this, we use the 2014-2015 INSEE "Life History and Wealth" follow-up survey. Two main conclusions are drawn from the econometric analysis. The first concerns households with debt (on their main home or for their business), who plan to withdraw from the labour market later. The second shows that, whatever the definition of wealth (gross, net, financial), a later retirement is anticipated if one is relatively poor or relatively rich: the wealth effect on the envisaged retirement age is therefore not linear. These "delay" effects at the extremes are obviously of a different nature: for reasons of standard of living for the poorest; probably for other reasons for the richest (interest in work, intergenerational altruism, etc.).

Suggested Citation

  • Luc Arrondel & Laurent Soulat, 2022. "Wealth and early retirement age [Patrimoine et âge envisagé de départ à la retraite]," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-04208474, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:pseptp:halshs-04208474
    DOI: 10.3917/rs1.089.0040
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