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28.8.2024 News

Preliminary information on 2025 indexes: The earnings-related pension index will rise by 1.6 per cent and the wage coefficient by 2.1 per cent compared to 2024

The time of exceptional indexes is over. The Finnish Centre for Pensions estimates that the 2025 earnings-related pension index will grow less than the wage coefficient. As a result, a person who retires on an earnings-related pension in 2025 may receive a slightly higher index increment to their pension than a person who retires in 2024.

3.7.2024 News

Younger cohorts retire more seldom on a disability pension than older cohorts

Retirement on a disability pension has decreased clearly among people aged between 50 and 60 years. This is evident when examining the development by successive age cohorts. A study by the Finnish Centre for Pensions shows that full disability retirement has decreased over a longer period of time. At the same time, retirement on a partial disability pension has also decreased as of the cohorts born in the early 1960s.

4.6.2024 News

Educational expansion as a driver of longer working lives – Finnish women’s education level at the top in Europe

Educational expansion has improved labour force participation of over-55-year-olds in the last decades. Particularly women’s education level has increased rapidly. Labour force participation of low-educated people has increased at a lower pace in several Member States of the European Union. This is evident from a fresh research article by the Finnish Centre for Pensions.

10.4.2024 News

Research webinar: Early exit or working longer through flexible retirement?

The Nordic countries are leading the way in introducing flexible pension options. How do those on flexible – often partial – pensions adjust their working patterns before taking a full old-age pension? What are the consequences of the objective of extending working lives?

Welcome to the English language research webinar of the Finnish Centre for Pensions on Monday 22 April 2024 at 2.00–3.15 p.m. (EEST) / 1.00–1.15 p.m. (CEST).

Finnish Centre for Pensions – Central body of and expert on statutory earnings-related pensions