scholarly journals How Fiscally Tolerable Is Thailand’s Social Security Pension Fund to Early Retirement Decisions?

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Euamporn Phijaisanit ◽  
Gareth D Myles
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Early Retirement ◽  
Pension Fund ◽  
Retirement Decisions

The Challenges of Social Security Coverage and Early Retirement in Jordan

2019 ◽  
pp. 313-340
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Alhawarin ◽  
Irene Selwaness
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Early Retirement ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Public Sector Employees ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Using Data ◽  
First Job

Jordan has undergone a profound social security reform since 2010, primarily aiming to ensure the financial sustainability of the system over time. Using data from the 2010 and 2016 Jordan Labor Market Panel Survey (JLMPS), this chapter examines the dynamics of Jordanian workers’ access to social security and trends in early retirement incidence before and after the reform. The chapter also explores the time it takes to acquire social security coverage on the labor market before and after the reform. Our findings show that the overall incidence of social insurance coverage slightly increased in 2016, for private sector wage workers, irregular wage workers, and non-wage workers (employers and self-employed). Public sector employees were the most likely to acquire social insurance coverage at the start of their jobs, followed by the private sector wage workers inside establishments. Both men and women who started their first job after the 2010 reform experienced a decline in their probability of acquiring social insurance coverage upon their job start. Moreover, the average incidence of early retirement slightly declined among men while still being highly prevalent around ages 40–46.

scholarly journals Origins and Mechanisms of Social Influences in Couples: The Case of Retirement Decisions

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 790-806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Eismann ◽  
Kène Henkens ◽  
Matthijs Kalmijn
Keyword(s):  
Older Workers ◽  
Instrumental Variable ◽  
Early Retirement ◽  
Variable Approach ◽  
Partner Influence ◽  
Course Work ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Retirement Decisions ◽  
Instrumental Variable Approach ◽  
Large Representative

Abstract The interdependence between partners raises considerable interest in the sociology of life course, work, and families. Partner influences play a particularly important role in the work domain, because each partner’s work decisions have profound effects on the couple as a whole. In contrast to previous research, this article pays detailed attention to the role a partner plays in workers’ labour market decisions by analysing the case of early retirement decisions. We hypothesized that partners’ preferences for older workers’ retirement originate from altruism and self-interest. Moreover, we expected that partners influence older workers’ early retirement behaviour via persuasion and pressure. To adequately estimate partners’ and workers’ preferences for the worker’s retirement, we used an instrumental variable approach. This was possible because we collected multi-actor longitudinal data from a large representative sample of older workers and their partners in the Netherlands. The results support that spousal preferences originate in altruism and self-interest and that partners influence workers through persuasion and pressure. Gender differences in origins and mechanisms of partner influence are also discussed.

How health affects retirement decisions: three pathways taken by middle-older aged New Zealanders

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
RACHAEL POND ◽  
CHRISTINE STEPHENS ◽  
FIONA ALPASS
Keyword(s):  
Early Retirement ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Health Protection ◽  
Poor Health ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Working Lives ◽  
Retirement Decisions ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Justification Bias ◽  
New Zealanders

ABSTRACTConcerns about the economic impact of an ageing population have triggered many developed countries to advance policies that attempt to extend working lives and discourage early retirement. There is considerable evidence of a relationship between poor health and early retirement, but some researchers have suggested that there is a ‘justification bias’ in claims that ill-health is the cause of retirement. This paper reports a longitudinal qualitative study that interviewed 60 New Zealanders aged between 55 and 70 years on two occasions, and analysed their explanations of health-related retirement decisions. Although the participants' explanations included poor health as an important reason for retirement, two additional health-related retirement pathways were identified: the ‘maximisation of life’, being decisions to retire whilst healthy to fulfil other life goals; and ‘health protection’, being decisions motivated by health protection and promotion. These health pathways interacted with other factors such as financial security. An elucidation of these motivations pays particular attention to the social and discursive context of explanations of retirement, and considers the three identified health-retirement pathways in relation to the sickness justification bias and current government policies to extend working lives.

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