The unequal impact of raising the retirement age: Employment response and program substitution

Using high-frequency Italian administrative data, the author studies the heterogeneous effects of a reform raising the normal retirement age (NRA) from 60 years to 65 years for private-sector male employees. The analysis, based on a difference-in-differences (DD) method, shows that the NRA raise red...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ardito Chiara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2021-09-01
Series:IZA Journal of Labor Economics
Subjects:
j14
j26
i38
j18
j22
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/izajole-2021-0003