Comments on: Greek Collapse Spurs Selloff, Greek Retirement Age as Early as 50 http://prevarication.net/2010/05/greek-collapse-spurs-selloff-greek-retirement-age-as-early-as-50/ Dedicated to the exposure and preservation of prevarication in public life. Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:45:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Greek http://prevarication.net/2010/05/greek-collapse-spurs-selloff-greek-retirement-age-as-early-as-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1096 Greek Sat, 08 May 2010 16:49:41 +0000 http://prevarication.net/?p=4827#comment-1096 Correction to previous comment: It is actually Luxembourg, Belgium, France, Italy and Austria that have earlier average retirement ages than Greece. Spain, UK and Netherlands have slightly higher average retirement age (62 instead of the Greek 61). I wonder what the average retirement age in the USA is? Correction to previous comment: It is actually Luxembourg, Belgium, France, Italy and Austria that have earlier average retirement ages than Greece. Spain, UK and Netherlands have slightly higher average retirement age (62 instead of the Greek 61).

I wonder what the average retirement age in the USA is?

]]> By: Greek http://prevarication.net/2010/05/greek-collapse-spurs-selloff-greek-retirement-age-as-early-as-50/comment-page-1/#comment-1095 Greek Sat, 08 May 2010 16:42:59 +0000 http://prevarication.net/?p=4827#comment-1095 This piece is full of inaccuracies. The *average* retirement age in Greece is indeed 61, but that is not the lowest in Europe...Belgium, France, Netherlands, and Spain all have earlier average retirement ages. As for the early retirement for some groups (women with children, hazardous occupations) this needs to be seen in the wider social welfare context of Greece. For instance, Greece has practically inexistent benefits for families with children, the unemployed and the disabled. I don't know what you have in America, but in most of Europe such benefits are pretty much established. This piece is full of inaccuracies. The *average* retirement age in Greece is indeed 61, but that is not the lowest in Europe…Belgium, France, Netherlands, and Spain all have earlier average retirement ages.

As for the early retirement for some groups (women with children, hazardous occupations) this needs to be seen in the wider social welfare context of Greece. For instance, Greece has practically inexistent benefits for families with children, the unemployed and the disabled. I don’t know what you have in America, but in most of Europe such benefits are pretty much established.

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