Year: 2003
Author: Drobnič, Sonja
Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 123 (2003), Iss. 1 : pp. 177–187
Abstract
This article examines the retirement timing of unmarried and married elderly men in (West) Germany. Data are drawn from the German Socio Economic Panel Study. An event history analysis is conducted using a piece-wise constant hazard model with time-varying covariates. The results indicate that in spite of similarities in the retirement age of the two groups, some factors influencing the retirement decision vary according to marital status and the wife’s employment characteristics. In particular, the results suggest that husbands in dual-earner households (both partners employed at the age of 50) tend to make retirement decisions more autonomously from the household economic situation than husbands whose wives are not in the labor force.
Journal Article Details
Publisher Name: Global Science Press
Language: Multiple languages
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.123.1.177
Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 123 (2003), Iss. 1 : pp. 177–187
Published online: 2003-01
AMS Subject Headings: Duncker & Humblot
Copyright: COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press
Pages: 11
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