01665cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF009818 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451868920 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Pestieau, Pierre. The Effects of Early Retirement on Youth Unemployment : The Case of Belgium / Pierre Pestieau, Mathieu Lefebvre, Alain Jousten, Sergio Perelman. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 1 online resource (31 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students 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. Mode of access: Internet Jousten, Alain. Lefebvre, Mathieu. Perelman, Sergio. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/030 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2008/030/001.2008.issue-030-en.xml IMF e-Library