How Sensitive are Retirement Decisions to Financial Incentives: A Stated Preference Analysis

How Sensitive Are Retirement Decisions to Financial Incentives: A Stated Preference Analysis

How Sensitive Are Retirement Decisions to Financial Incentives: A Stated Preference Analysis We study effects of financial incentives on the retirement age using stated preference data. Dutch survey respondents were given hypothetical retirement scenarios describing age(s) of (partial and full) retirement and replacement rate(s). A structural model is estimated in which utility is the discounte...

Financial Incentives to Postpone Retirement

Retirement Incentives and Couples ’ Labour Supply Decisions

The Brazilian population has been showing signs of major changes in the past few decades. According to the United Nations, the average age of the population in Brazil is projected to be 47.5 years by 2050, compared to 19.2 years in 1950. The length of working life has fallen over time, due to both increases in educational attainment (thus fewer younger workers) and changes in retirement behavio...

Nonparametric Evidence on the E¤ects of Financial Incentives on Retirement Decisions

This paper presents new evidence on the e¤ects of retirement bene…ts on labor force participation decisions. The analysis is based on a mandated rule for employerprovided retirement bene…ts in Austria that creates discontinuities in the incentives for workers to delay retirement. We present graphical evidence on labor supply responses and present a conceptual framework that accounts for frictio...

How are primary care organizations using financial incentives to influence prescribing?

METHODS Primary care organizations (PCOs) in England are required to run a prescribing incentive scheme. The average payment received by general practitioners (GPs) under these schemes is not known. We conducted a longitudinal (2 year) questionnaire study of all PCOs in London and the south east of England aiming to explore the relationship between the financial incentives, the selection of pre...