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Table 1 Early and normal retirement ages: men (women)

From: Retirement patterns of couples in Europe

 

2002

2005

2007

2009

2011

 

Early

Normal

Early

Normal

Early

Normal

Early

Normal

Early

Normal

Austria

60 (57)

65 (60)

65 (60)

65 (60)

65 (65)

65 (65)

65 (65)

65 (65)

62 (60)

65 (65)

Belgium

60 (60)

65 (65)

60 (60)

65 (65)

60 (60)

65 (65)

60 (60)

65 (65)

60 (60)

65 (65)

Czech Republic

-

-

60 (56-60)

63 (59-63)

60 (56-60)

63 (59-63)

60 (59-60)

65 (62-65)

60 (59-60)

65 (62-65)

Denmark

65 (65)

65 (65)

65 (65)

65 (65)

65 (65)

65 (65)

65 (65)

65 (65)

67 (67)

67 (67)

France

57 (57)

60 (60)

60 (60)

60 (60)

60 (60)

60 (60)

61 (61)

61 (61)

56-60 (56-60)

65 (65)

Germany

63 (63)

65 (65)

63 (63)

65 (65)

63 (63)

65 (65)

63 (63)

67 (67)

63 (63)

67 (67)

Greece

60 (55)

65 (60)

57 (57)

65 (65)

55 (55)

65 (65)

55 (55)

65 (65)

55 (55)

65 (65)

Italy

57 (57)

65 (65)

60 (60)

65 (65)

60 (60)

65 (60)

60 (60)

65 (60)

61 (60)

65 (60)

Netherlands

60 (60)

65 (65)

60 (60)

65 (65)

60 (60)

65 (65)

60 (60)

65 (65)

65 (65)

65 (65)

Poland

-

-

65 (60)

65 (60)

65 (60)

65 (60)

65 (60)

65 (60)

65 (60)

65 (60)

Spain

60 (60)

65 (65)

60 (60)

65 (65)

60 (60)

65 (65)

60 (60)

65 (65)

61 (61)

65 (65)

Sweden

61 (61)

65 (65)

61 (61)

65 (65)

61 (61)

65 (65)

61 (61)

65 (65)

61 (61)

65 (65)

Switzerland

63 (62)

65 (64)

63 (62)

65 (64)

63 (62)

65 (64)

63 (62)

65 (64)

63 (62)

65 (64)

  1. Notes: Retirement ages for women in the Czech Republic vary depending on the number of children. In France, early retirement is possible from 56 under certain circumstances related to working conditions. Source (2002): Natali (2004) supplemented with information from OECD (2003), the Bertelsmann Foundation (2010), Sundén (2004), Preesman (2006), and OECD (2005a). Slight differences can be found between these retirement ages and the ones from OECD publications (e.g. OECD, 2005a) due to the differences between the current law at the time of those publications and the law that was in place when individuals were facing retirement decisions. Source (2005), (2007), (2009), and (2011): OECD (2005b), (2007), (2009), and (2011), respectively.