Den 16. juni leverte Pensjonsutvalget sin utredning NOU 2022:7 Et forbedret pensjonssystem, til arbeids- og inkluderingsminister Marte Mjøs Persen. Utredningen er tema på Pensjonsforums medlemsmøte 25. august.

Denne rapporten skrevet av Tove Midtsundstad gir en bred oversikt over pensjoneringsadferd og arbeidstilpasning etter fylte 60 år for ulike grupper av arbeidstakere. Hensikten er å gi et nyansert bilde av hvilke årsaker som ligger bak de valgene den enkelte gjør i seinkarrieren, ved å spørre dem det gjelder.

Utvalget som har evaluert pensjonsreformen overleverte utredningen NOU 2022: 7 Et forbedret pensjonssystem til arbeids- og inkluderingsminister Marte Mjøs Persen. Pensjonsutvalget har vurdert om det var behov for reformen, om reformen ser ut til å virke etter hensikten og om det er behov for justeringer.

This study contributes to the subjective well-being and retirement literature by quantifying life satisfaction before (4) and after retirement (9+) periods asking: Are retirees more satisfied? Fixed-effects and causal instrumental variables (IV) estimates with individual longitudinal data of the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP, 33 waves) analyze anticipation and adaptation retirement effects of statutory insured and civil service pensioners in Germany.

In the summer of 2020 the Dutch government and social partners have agreed on a pension reform involving the transformation of occupational pensions from the current defined-benefit (DB) based contract into a new defined contribution (DC) contract with some additional collective features. This involves a unique operation as all current DB entitlements—also those already built up—are expected be converted into DC type capital accounts.

Ricky Kanabar and Adriaan Kalwij examine individuals’ retirement behaviour in response to changes in the State Pension  eligibility age introduced in various Pension Acts in the UK. The findings show the probability of retirement increases sharply once individuals become eligible for State Pension, by 40 pp and 34 pp for men and women respectively.

Retirement ages in the United States have been rising for decades but the continuation of this trend depends on employers in the future looking to fill jobs that older workers can do. This study considers whether the occupations that are projected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to grow faster by 2030 are those that are suitable for older workers.

As governments try to contain rising expenditure on retirement pensions by increasing eligibility ages, there are concerns that such reforms disproportionately affect poorer households. Using detailed longitudinal data, I examine this trade-off in the context of an Australian reform that increased women’s pension-eligibility age from 60 to 65.

Many, but not all, self-employed people have been hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis. However, this crisis not only affects the current financial position of these individuals but may also affect their ability to prepare for an uncertain future.

This paper shows that labor demand plays an important role in the labor market reactions to a pension reform in Germany. Employers with a high share of older worker inflow compared with their younger worker inflow, employers in sectors with few investments in research and development, and employers in sectors with a high share of collective bargaining agreements allow their employees to stay employed longer after the reform.