Data and Code for: Increasing the Retirement Age: Policy Effects and Underlying Mechanisms

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Simon Rabaté, Institut nationale; Egbert Jongen, Leiden University (Netherlands); Tilbe Atav, Erasmus University Rotterdam

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Project Citation:

Rabaté, Simon, Jongen, Egbert, and Atav, Tilbe. Data and Code for: Increasing the Retirement Age: Policy Effects and Underlying Mechanisms. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2024. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-01-22. https://doi.org/10.3886/E185702V1

Project Description

Summary: We study the effects of increasing the statutory retirement age (SRA) in the Netherlands, using RDD and administrative data on the universe of the population. We find clear and large employment effects of the reform. A simple model in which individuals stay longer in their pre-SRA labor market state predicts the treatment effects well. The employment level before the SRA and the retirement hazard at the SRA are the key determinants of the effects of the policy change. Exploring potential explanations for the high hazard rate observed in the Netherlands, our results point to an important role of employers' effects.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: retirement; policy; Netherlands

JEL Classification:
J14 Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination
J26 Retirement; Retirement Policies

Geographic Coverage: Netherlands

Time Period(s): 1999 – 2020

Collection Date(s): 2018 – 2021

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