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. 2020 May 19;15(5):e0232940. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232940

Table 3. Key parameters used to estimate lost economic productivity.

Country Retirement age (years GDP per capita growth % Real interest rate % Adjusted employment rate %*
  Males Females     Males Females
Norway 62 62 0.8% 4.2% 44.1% 38.7%
Australia 66 66 1.5% 3.8% 45.5% 37.3%
Switzerland 65 64 1.0% 2.6% 45.0% 37.8%
Germany 66 66 1.4% 2.0% 44.8% 38.0%
Denmark 65 65 0.8% 2.9% 44.2% 38.6%
Singapore 62 62 3.3% 4.1% 91.4% 91.4%
Netherlands 66 66 1.1% 2.0% 45.5% 37.3%
Ireland 67 67 3.7% 2.0% 45.7% 37.1%
Canada 65 65 1.1% 1.9% 52.4% 47.6%
United States 66 66 1.2% 2.8% 53.1% 46.9%

Source: World Bank indicators [20]; Trading economics [30]

*actual employment rate [20] adjusted downward by 8.6 percentage points [27].