Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/35777 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 4033
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The paper asks why retirement can be so abrupt in countries such as France (1/2% of the workforce over 65), yet staged in Japan (8% over 65). We find part of the answer in tax laws that prevent people working and receiving a pension, and make little allowance for fair pension increases if retirement is deferred. While these laws have begun to change, we find another part of the answer in employment protection laws. These laws coupled with inflexible collectively agreed wages make employers choosy about hiring the old. The advent of age discrimination law reinforces employment protection and may well reduce older workers' hiring opportunities especially where wages are rigid.
Subjects: 
Mandatory retirement
deferred pay
age discrimination
older workers
JEL: 
I38
J32
J71
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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