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Table 2 Linear probability model of labor force participation

From: Money also is sunny in a retiree’s world: financial incentives and work after retirement

Dependent variable: labor force participation

Women

Men

Individual characteristics

 Estimated earnings (log)

0.056* (0.019)

0.246** (0.055)

 Pension entitlements (log)

− 0.055** (0.006)

− 0.165** (0.008)

 Bridge option: partial retirement

− 0.078** (0.007)

− 0.060** (0.005)

 Bridge option: unemployment

− 0.323** (0.006)

− 0.266** (0.005)

 No degree

Ref.

Ref.

 Vocational training

0.032** (0.006)

0.025 (0.013)

 University degree

0.005 (0.012)

− 0.075* (0.031)

 Manufacturing occupations

Ref.

Ref.

 Service occupations

0.011 (0.008)

− 0.021 (0.014)

 Administrative occupations

− 0.010 (0.008)

− 0.042** (0.012)

 Accumulated labor market gaps prior to age 65 in months

− 0.006** (0.0007)

− 0.001 (0.001)

Employer characteristics

 Firm size: < 10 employees

Ref.

Ref.

 10 to 100 employees

− 0.027** (0.006)

− 0.019** (0.007)

 > 100 employees

− 0.044** (0.007)

− 0.059** (0.008)

 Mean imputed earnings of all full-time employees

− 0.0004** (0.00009)

− 0.000006 (0.00006)

 Share of highly qualified employees

− 0.027 (0.016)

− 0.112** (0.016)

 Share of employees in partial retirement

− 0.204** (0.061)

− 0.128** (0.049)

 Share of employees aged 55–59

− 0.030 (0.017)

− 0.013 (0.017)

 Share of employees aged 60–64

− 0.033 (0.023)

− 0.065** (0.021)

 Share of employees aged 65 and older

0.514** (0.048)

0.527** (0.051)

 N

30,784

44,887

 R2

0.307

0.210

  1. Additional controls: year of employment exit, and economic sector of the employer. Standard errors in parentheses are computed by bootstrapping with 200 repetitions and are clustered on the individual level. Data: SIAB 7514
  2. *p < 0.05
  3. **p < 0.01