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Erscheinungsjahr: 
1995
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 95-10
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Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Zusammenfassung: 
This paper analyses annual, age-specific retirement rates in Germany between 1971 and 1991. The time-series data show significant changes in overall and age-specific retirement behavior over the 21 year period. The literature provides two alternative explanations for the observed developments: One theory posits that employees took advantage of increasingly lenient eligibility conditions to leave the labor force and to seek early retirement (pull factors/supply side). The opposing position asserts that high unemployment caused early retirement (push factors/demand side). This study finds that institutional eligibility rules are strongly correlated with annual, age-specific retirement rates. In contrast, aggregate unemployment cannot explain the fluctuations in retirement rates over time.
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