TY - BOOK ID - 84541096 TI - The Effects of Early Retirement on Youth Unemployment : The Case of Belgium AU - Pestieau, Pierre. AU - Jousten, Alain. AU - Lefèbvre, Mathieu. AU - Perelman, Sergio. PY - 2008 SN - 1462398189 1452795509 128351219X 1451913451 9786613824646 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Retirees KW - Youth KW - Retirement age. KW - Pensions KW - Compensation KW - Pension plans KW - Retirement pensions KW - Superannuation KW - Retirement income KW - Annuities KW - Social security individual investment accounts KW - Vested benefits KW - Age of retirement KW - Pension age KW - Age and employment KW - Retirement, Mandatory KW - Young people KW - Young persons KW - Youngsters KW - Youths KW - Age groups KW - Life cycle, Human KW - Employment. KW - Employment KW - Labor KW - Demography KW - Economics of the Elderly KW - Economics of the Handicapped KW - Non-labor Market Discrimination KW - Retirement KW - Retirement Policies KW - Labor Standards: Labor Force Composition KW - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search KW - Demand and Supply of Labor: General KW - Labour KW - income economics KW - Population & demography KW - Aging KW - Labor force participation KW - Unemployment KW - Labor markets KW - Population aging KW - Labor market KW - Belgium KW - Income economics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84541096 AB - 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. ER -