Working Longer, Working Stronger? The Forward-Looking Effects of Increasing the Retirement Age on (Un)employment Behaviour
- Leveraging two cohort-specific pension reforms, this paper estimates the forward-looking effects of an exogenous increase in the working horizon on (un)employment behaviour for individuals with a long remaining statutory working life. Using difference-in-differences and regression discontinuity approaches based on administrative and survey data, I show that a longer legal working horizon increases individuals’ subjective expectations about the length of their work life, raises the probability of employment, decreases the probability of unemployment, and increases the intensity of job search among the unemployed. Heterogeneity analyses show that the demonstrated employment effects are strongest for women and in occupations with comparatively low physical intensity, i.e., occupations that can be performed at older ages.
Document Type: | Working Paper |
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Language: | English |
Author(s): | Niklas Gohl |
Parent Title (English): | Berlin School of Economics Discussion Papers |
Hertie Collections (Serial Number): | Berlin School of Economics Discussion Papers (13) |
Publication year: | 2023 |
Publishing Institution: | Hertie School |
Number pages: | 62 |
Related URL: | https://berlinschoolofeconomics.de/insights/bse-discussion-papers |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.48462/opus4-4920 |
Release Date: | 2023/03/28 |
Edition: | No. 13 |
Hertie School Research: | BerlinSchoolOfEcon_Discussion_Papers |
Licence of document (German): | ![]() |