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Introducing flexible retirement : a dynamic model

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  • András Simonovits

    (ELKH KRTK KTI and BUT MI, Budapest, Hungary)

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Typically economists arguing for flexible (or variable) retirement age, but they rely on steady state analysis. In this paper we consider the replacement of a mandatory retirement system with a flexible one in real time. We show that even if early retirement is duly punished, diminishing the effective retirement age by 1 year raises the first year's and the total expenditures during transition by 8% and 70% of the original annual expenditure, respectively.

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  • András Simonovits, 2021. "Introducing flexible retirement : a dynamic model," CERS-IE WORKING PAPERS 2109, Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies.
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    Keywords

    retirement age; flexible retirement age; variable retirement age; transition cost;
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    JEL classification:

    • H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions

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