Becoming a Grandparent and Early Retirement in Europe
Becoming a Grandparent and Early Retirement in Europe
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DOI:
10.1093/esr/jct005
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发表时间:
2013-12
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
J. Bavel;T. Winter
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作者:
J. Bavel;T. Winter
Between now and 2030, the post-war baby boom generations will be entering the retirement ages and this will speed up the secular trend of population ageing. In many countries, a large number of baby boomers has already retired before the standard age. Given that the funding of pensions is at issue, governments across Europe now try to discourage early and encourage later retirement. Yet, international research about the determinants of early retirement based on appropriate micro-data is scarce. In addition, studies have tended to look at the retiring generation in an isolated way, ignoring the intergenerational ties that may play a role in their retirement decision. This paper uses a high quality international database with relevant micro-data, covering 22 countries from all regions of Europe, to try to start correcting such a view. More particularly, it investigates to what extent becoming a grandparent affects early retirement in European countries. We apply multilevel event history modelling to data from the third round of the European Social Survey and from the Multilinks database on intergenerational policy indicators. Becoming a Grandparent and Early Retirement in Europe Jan Van Bavel & Tom De Winter