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The Effects of Early Retirement on Youth Unemployment: The Case of Belgium

By Pierre Pestieau, Mathieu Lefèbvre, Alain Jousten, Sergio Perelman

February 1, 2008

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Pierre Pestieau, Mathieu Lefèbvre, Alain Jousten, and Sergio Perelman. The Effects of Early Retirement on Youth Unemployment: The Case of Belgium, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2008) accessed December 10, 2024
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Summary

In this paper, we describe the changes of (early) retirement programs over time and study the link between trends in elderly labor force participation and youth unemployment. From a theoretical point of view, there is no convincing argument that the idea of a lump-of-labor should hold. Our empirical results comfort this finding, and indicate a very weak link, if any, between elderly retirement and activity among the young and the prime-age populations.

Subject: Aging, Labor force participation, Labor markets, Retirement, Unemployment

Keywords: Labor market, Minimum wage, Wage, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    31

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2008/030

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2008030

  • ISBN:

    9781451868920

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941