title: Rising Preferred Retirement Age in Europe: Are Europe's Future Pensioners Adapting to Pension System Reforms?
abstract: This study investigates whether older workers have adapted their preferred retirement age to the pension reforms aimed at extending working life. Based on data from Eurobarometer and the European Social Survey in 12 European countries, the analysis shows that future pensioners have indeed increased their preferred retirement age and adjusted to the new credo of late retirement. However, the strength of the increase was found to vary between different groups of older workers: It is much stronger for the higher-educated than for the lower-educated. This finding supports recent concerns regarding the reemergence of social inequality in the retirement process.
authors.affiliation: a Researcher, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) , University of Mannheim , Mannheim , Germany.
authors.forename: Moritz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hess
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D004651:Employment / Q000639:trends*; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010415:Pensions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012179:Retirement / Q000639:trends*
keywords: Active aging; Eurobarometer; European Social Survey; preferred retirement age; retirement behavior; social inequality