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Shattered dreams: the effects of changing the pension system late in the game

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  • de Grip, A.

    (Research Centre for Educ and Labour Mark)

  • Lindeboom, M.
  • Montizaan, R.M.

    (Research Centre for Educ and Labour Mark)

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This paper assesses the impact of a dramatic reform of the Dutch pension system on mental health, savings behavior and retirement expectations of workers nearing retirement age. The reform means that public sector workers born on January 1, 1950 or later face a substantial reduction in their pension rights while workers born before this threshold date may still retire under the old, more generous rules. We employ a unique matched survey and administrative data set comprising male public sector workers born in 1949 and 1950 and find strong ex ante effects on mental health for workers who are affected by the reform. This effect increases as birth dates approach the threshold date. Furthermore, the effects differ in accordance with worker characteristics. Finally, we find that the response of those affected by the reform is to work longer and to save more.
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  • de Grip, A. & Lindeboom, M. & Montizaan, R.M., 2009. "Shattered dreams: the effects of changing the pension system late in the game," ROA Research Memorandum 003, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA).
    • Handle: RePEc:unm:umaror:2009003
    DOI: 10.26481/umaror.2009003
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    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • J08 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics Policies
    • 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

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