7. Health, Financial Incentives, and Early Retirement: Microsimulation Evidence for Germany

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Disability Insurance Incentives and the Retirement Decision: Evidence from the United States 45
6. 2. Effect of Pensions and Disability Benefits on Retirement in the United Kingdom 81
7. 3. Option Value of Disability Insurance in Canada 137
8. 4. Health Status, Disability, and Retirement Incentives in Belgium 179
9. 5. Health, Disability Insurance, and Labor Force Exit of Older Workers in the Netherlands 211
10. 6. Retirement, Early Retirement, and Disability: Explaining Labor Force Participation after Fifty-Five in France 251
11. 7. Health, Financial Incentives, and Early Retirement: Microsimulation Evidence for Germany 285
12. 8. Health, Disability Insurance, and Retirement in Denmark 331
13. 9. Pathways to Retirement and the Role of Financial Incentives in Sweden 369
14. 10. Health Status, Disability Insurance, and Incentives to Exit the Labor Force in Italy: Evidence from SHARE 411
15. 11. Financial Incentives, Health, and Retirement in Spain 455
16. 12. Option Value of Work, Health Status, and Retirement Decisions in Japan: Evidence from the Japanese Study on Aging and Retirement (JSTAR) 497
17. Contributors 537
18. Author Index 541
19. Subject Index 545