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March 1987

Early retirement as a labor force policy: an international overview

Barry Alan Mirkin

In recent years, governments and firms have increasingly turned to early-out schemes to soak up excess labor supply; the projected aging of western populations threatens the viability of such schemes, which have the unfortunate side effect of masking macroeconomic failings.

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