A systematic review of causes of recent increases in ages of labor market exit in OECD countries.

ABSTRACT: Ages of labor market exit have increased steadily since the late 1990s in OECD countries, but with continuing population aging, there are calls for further stimulation of labor force participation at older ages. Social scientists have extensively studied causes of variation in retirement timing between individuals and across countries, but have paid less attention to causes of variation over time. This study systematically reviews evidence of causes of increases in ages of labor market exit over the past 30 years in OECD countries. Two goals are pursued: first, to provide an overview of the retirement domains that have been subject to investigation; second to compare studies with respect to the magnitude of change in retirement behavior that they attributed to different causes, in differen

SUBMITTER: Boissonneault M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7190130 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature