Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/21395 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 522
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this paper we analyse early retirement for men and women focusing on family characteristics such as marital status, spouse income and wealth, and spouses? labour market status. The female participation rate is high in Norway, implying that the country is particularly suitable for the study of gender differences in the early retirement behaviour. At our disposal we have administrative data that include information on individuals aged between 55 and 61 years in 1989. The individuals are followed until the end of 1995, with the aim of determining the predictors of different early retirement states. The results of a competing risk model indicate that women are less likely to take early retirement compared to men and that these differences are due to both different characteristics and different behaviour.
Subjects: 
early retirement
gender differences
labour force participation
JEL: 
C23
J26
C25
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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