Research seminar in June: How pension reforms affect retirement and retirement intentions

In our seminar in June, we will take a closer look at the effects of pension reforms. What carrots and sticks have deferred retirement in Finland and the United Kingdom? Which solutions have proved inefficient? The speakers include, among others, Ricky Kanabar (University of Bath).

In our seminar in June, we will take a closer look at the effects of pension reforms. What carrots and sticks have deferred retirement in Finland and the United Kingdom? Which solutions have proved inefficient? The speakers include, among others, Ricky Kanabar (University of Bath).

In the past decades, many countries have implemented pension reforms in order to defer retirement and extend working lives. The effect of reforms is usually based on carrot-and-stick policies, but which means work and why?

In the June seminar, we will hear fresh research results on the incentive effects of pension reforms in Finland and Great Britain.

Assistant Professor Ricky Kanabar of the University of Bath will talk about how the retirement intentions of the British people changed when the retirement age was raised. The seminar also includes a presentation of the results of an extensive follow-up study on  the retirement intentions of Finns.

• Jon Gruber (MIT), Ohto Kanninen (Labour Institute for Economic Research), Satu Nivalainen (Finnish Centre for Pensions), Terhi Ravaska (Labour Institute for Economic Research), Roope Uusitalo (University of Helsinki): The effect of relabelling and Incentives on Retirement: Evidence from the 2005 Finnish pension reform
• Ricky Kanabar (University of Bath): The effect of an increased UK state pension age on the expected working life of employees
• Satu Nivalainen (Finnish Centre for Pensions): From plans to action: Retirement thoughts, intentions and actual retirement: An eight-year follow-up of the Finnish Quality of Working Life Survey
• Commentator: Ilkka Kaukoranta, Chief Economist, SAK The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions

How pension reforms change retirement behaviour – lessons from Finland and U.K.
at the Finnish Centre for Pensions

Tuesday 11 June 2019 at 13.30-15.45 (local time UTC+3)
Kirjurinkatu 3, Helsinki, Finland

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The seminar will be held in English. You can also follow the seminar via Skype.

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